Kings College Guildford

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 5 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
566 (52% of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
17.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
27%
Persistent absence
24.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.5%
Other White 9.4%
Mixed 5.3%
Other Asian 4.8%
African 2.3%
Chinese 1.6%
Indian 1.4%
Other 1.4%
Pakistani 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44
Local authority average 50.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.82
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE34
BiologyGCSE19
ChemistryGCSE19
ChineseGCSE3
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE91
English LiteratureGCSE90
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Kings College Guildford

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
122
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
92
2nd preference
74
3rd preference
54
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
92
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
112
55
57
Year 8
121
54
67
Year 9
121
57
64
Year 10
121
64
57
Year 11
91
45
46
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
88.6%
85.5%
Further education
26.0%
25.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
8.0%
29.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
38.0%
32.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
18.0%
4.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023