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

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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award11
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award4
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE18
BiologyGCSE61
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE58
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Kingston Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
193
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
257
2nd preference
347
3rd preference
237
From another Local Authority
239
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
151
2nd preference
33
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
11
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 classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022