Kingsdown School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 29 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Swindon
Unique reference
145139
Address
Hyde Rd, Stratton St Margaret, SN2 7SH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
990 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
7.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.6%
Persistent absence
26.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.4%
Mixed 4.9%
Other White 3.8%
Indian 2.3%
African 2.3%
Other Asian 1.2%
Other 0.6%
Caribbean 0.5%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.03
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.07
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 27%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.6
Local authority average 44.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.81
Local authority average 3.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE13
Business Studies:SingleGCSE71
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE167
English LiteratureGCSE167
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE38
FrenchGCSE40
GeographyGCSE73
HistoryGCSE80
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kingsdown School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
233
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
217
2nd preference
77
3rd preference
68
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
212
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes25.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
237
114
123
Year 8
226
114
112
Year 9
193
97
96
Year 10
159
90
69
Year 11
175
97
78
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
85.5%
86.5%
Further education
53.0%
47.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
8.0%
20.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
19.0%
17.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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