Kings College Guildford

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 6 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Surrey
Unique reference
141200
Address
Southway, GU2 8DU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
539 (45% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
14.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.7%
Persistent absence
27.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
39.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.7%
Other White 8.5%
Mixed 6.7%
Other Asian 3.5%
African 2.6%
Chinese 2.2%
Indian 1.7%
Pakistani 1.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
Other 0.7%
Caribbean 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Black 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.3
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 12%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.2
Local authority average 50.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.69
Local authority average 4.49
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE24
BiologyGCSE25
ChemistryGCSE25
ChineseGCSE3
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE87
English LiteratureGCSE87
FrenchGCSE3
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Kings College Guildford

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
121
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
92
2nd preference
68
3rd preference
42
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
85
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
122
55
67
Year 8
118
61
57
Year 9
118
64
54
Year 10
91
46
45
Year 11
90
42
48
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
89.1%
85.6%
Further education
52.0%
25.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
4.0%
30.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
19.0%
32.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
2.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
3.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023