Kingdown School

Secondary · state · ages 11–18 · 1,347 pupils · has a sixth form · BA12 9DR · ACORN EDUCATION TRUST

GoodOfstedInspected Nov 2022

6.4%GCSE grades 8–9England median 9.6%

17.9%A levels AAB or betterEngland median 12.4%

1.0Applications per placeFirst choices, Year 7 2026

42.8Attainment 8England median 45.8

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Resourced provision for Specific learning difficulty (e.g. dyslexia). 21.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted: School remains Good at an ungraded inspection

GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 96.4% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above16.2% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)42.8 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths29.9% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths56.1% (typical 65.8%)

244 pupils at the end of Year 11.

A levels (2024/25)

% of A-level grades at A* or A19.8% (typical 15.4%)

% of A-level grades at A* to B53% (typical 38.7%)

% of A-level students with AAB or better17.9% (typical 12.4%)

A-level average points per entry34.85 (typical 32.5)

119 A-level students; average grade C+, best three A levels averaging B-. Progress: above average (value added +0.22).

How hard is it to get in?

For Year 7 in September 2026, 195 families put it first for 203 places (1.0 first choices per place). 100% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Year 7, 2024	222	212	0.9	100%
Year 7, 2025	213	203	0.9	100%
Year 7, 2026	203	195	1.0	100%

Sports facilities on site

Sports hall (1 courts), artificial hockey pitch.

Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

£7,456spent per pupil (typical secondary £7,863)

79%of spending on staff, 62% on teachers

£1.5mrevenue reserve (12.5% of a year's income)

£1.2msurplus in the year

Income £11.7m, spending £10.5m (September 2024 to August 2025, 1,407 pupils).

Run by Acorn Education Trust, a trust of 21 academies and 5,745 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £5.8m, 12.4% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Progress 8 (how pupils did against similar pupils nationally) isn't published for 2024/25, because these pupils sat no tests at 11 during Covid.
GCSE tables: GCSE (9–1) full courses taken in 2024/25; A-level tables: GCE A levels taken in 2024/25; subjects with 5 or more entries. Small entries swing a lot from year to year.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Sports facilities, not results: there is no national data on schools' sporting success.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.

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GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 96.4% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above16.2% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)42.8 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths29.9% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths56.1% (typical 65.8%)

244 pupils at the end of Year 11.

GCSE grades by subject

Subject	Entries	Grades 8–9	England 8–9	Grades 7+	Grades 4+
Mathematics	243	6.2%	13%	9.5%	64.2%
English Language	242	3.3%	9.2%	11.6%	58.7%
English Literature	241	0.8%	9.9%	7.5%	63.9%
Geography	147	3.4%	13.6%	12.2%	55.1%
Art and Design	92	8.7%	13.2%	14.1%	76.1%
History	64	3.1%	15.2%	14.1%	48.4%
Chemistry	61	21.3%	31.4%	41%	100%
Physics	61	18%	29.4%	41%	93.4%
Biology	61	23%	28.6%	45.9%	98.4%
Business	50	0%	10.9%	10%	62%
French	50	16%	18.1%	36%	82%
Design & Technology	42	2.4%	13.3%	9.5%	71.4%
Spanish	20	10%	15.3%	25%	80%
Physical Education	20	10%	12.8%	20%	80%
Religious Studies	19	5.3%	19%	31.6%	89.5%
Music	16	6.3%	20.5%	25%	37.5%
Statistics	12	0%	11.4%	0%	8.3%
Other Modern Languages	6	0%	31.4%	0%	0%
Computer Science	6	0%	19.9%	33.3%	66.7%

A levels (2024/25)

% of A-level grades at A* or A19.8% (typical 15.4%)

% of A-level grades at A* to B53% (typical 38.7%)

% of A-level students with AAB or better17.9% (typical 12.4%)

A-level average points per entry34.85 (typical 32.5)

119 A-level students; average grade C+, best three A levels averaging B-. Progress: above average (value added +0.22).

A-level grades by subject

Subject	Entries	A*–A	England A*–A	A*	A*–B
Biology	27	22.2%	29%	7.4%	55.6%
Mathematics	27	33.3%	42.8%	3.7%	70.4%
Chemistry	23	30.4%	33.2%	4.3%	69.6%
Psychology	20	25%	19.8%	0%	35%
Religious Studies	14	14.3%	23.8%	0%	50%
Design and Technology (Product Design)	13	0%	15.8%	0%	23.1%
Physics	11	18.2%	32.6%	0%	72.7%
Business Studies	11	9.1%	16.8%	0%	45.5%
Geography	10	10%	24.2%	0%	80%
Fine Art	8	50%	35.5%	37.5%	87.5%
Photography	8	25%	23.8%	25%	75%
Sociology	7	28.6%	19.3%	0%	57.1%
English Literature	6	16.7%	25.2%	0%	50%
Physical Education / Sports Studies	6	0%	16.2%	0%	33.3%
English Language and Literature	6	16.7%	14.9%	16.7%	83.3%
Computer Science	5	0%	23.5%	0%	0%
History	5	0%	25.5%	0%	0%

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Year 7, 2024

222

212

0.9

100%

Year 7, 2025

213

203

0.9

100%

Year 7, 2026

203

195

1.0

100%

Money

£7,456spent per pupil (typical secondary £7,863)

79%of spending on staff, 62% on teachers

£1.5mrevenue reserve (12.5% of a year's income)

£1.2msurplus in the year

Income £11.7m, spending £10.5m (September 2024 to August 2025, 1,407 pupils).

Run by Acorn Education Trust, a trust of 21 academies and 5,745 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £5.8m, 12.4% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.