Kingsmead School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 2 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
142313
Address
Kings Avenue, Hednesford, WS12 1DH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1409 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
2%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.2%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.2%
Mixed 2.9%
Other White 1.8%
Unclassified 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
African 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.7
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.1
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.36
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award25
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award9
Health StudiesTechnical Award43
MultimediaTechnical Award52
Speech & DramaTechnical Award35
Sports StudiesTechnical Award14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE28
BiologyGCSE35
Business Studies:SingleGCSE62
ChemistryGCSE35
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Kingsmead School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
256
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
383
2nd preference
112
3rd preference
51
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
252
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes24.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
258
137
121
Year 8
292
144
148
Year 9
239
117
122
Year 10
219
109
110
Year 11
210
104
106
Year 12
100
46
54
Year 13
91
44
47
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
84.7%
85.6%
Further education
34.0%
43.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
55.0%
37.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
69.0%
57.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
14.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
3.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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