The Kingston Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Apr 18 2024 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 19 y.o.
- Type
- Free Schools
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Unique reference
- 141862
- Address
- Richmond Road, KT2 5PE
- Website
- www.thekingstonacademy.org
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1168 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 56.4%
- Girls
- 43.6%
- First language not English
- 25.7%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 13.3%
- Persistent absence
- 16.1%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 10.7%
White British 38.4%
Other White 15%
Mixed 11.8%
Chinese 8.8%
Unclassified 8.3%
Other 7.9%
Indian 4.1%
Other Asian 2.2%
Pakistani 1.1%
African 1%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Irish 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.8
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.58
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 77%
Local authority average 67%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 72%
Local authority average 67%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 57.6
Local authority average 58.6
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 5.37
Local authority average 5.42
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Health Studies | Technical Award | 11 |
Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 4 |
Arabic | GCSE | 2 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 18 |
Biology | GCSE | 61 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 56 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 58 |
Chinese | GCSE | 3 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 35 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 14 |
Admissions
The Kingston Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 193
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 257
- 2nd preference
- 347
- 3rd preference
- 237
- From another Local Authority
- 239
Offers
- 1st preference
- 151
- 2nd preference
- 33
- 3rd preference
- 6
- To another Local Authority
- 11
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.8 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 183 106 77 |
Year 8 | 187 93 94 |
Year 9 | 211 127 84 |
Year 10 | 216 121 95 |
Year 11 | 176 88 88 |
Year 12 | 94 54 40 |
Year 13 | 101 70 31 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 96.0% 94.7% 86.5% |
Further education | 23.0% 13.9% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 53.0% 69.9% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 16.0% 9.2% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 4.0% 1.7% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 1.0% 1.1% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 0.0% 0.9% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 3.0% 2.3% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% |