Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 3 2023 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
Warwickshire
Unique reference
145019
Address
Tamworth Road, Kingsbury, Kingsbury School, B78 2LF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
631 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
46.1%
Girls
53.9%
First language not English
2.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.9%
Persistent absence
26.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.3%
Mixed 3%
Other White 1.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
African 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 1%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.3
Local authority average 47.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.96
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
AstronomyGCSE19
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE44
English LanguageGCSE128
English LiteratureGCSE125
FrenchGCSE6
GeographyGCSE41
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
115
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
107
2nd preference
83
3rd preference
29
From another Local Authority
68
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
107
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
21
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 classes21.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
123
58
65
Year 8
132
47
85
Year 9
127
63
64
Year 10
121
57
64
Year 11
128
66
62
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
86.2%
85.5%
Further education
56.0%
33.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
14.0%
44.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
16.0%
7.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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