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King Alfred's[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 43 43.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
43.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.02 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 45.4[6] 43.8%[6]
2023/24 44[4] 47.9%[4] -0.02[4]
2022/23 46.6[7] 48%[7] +0.28[7]
2021/22 50.6[8] 55%[8] +0.07[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
18.9% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 15.6%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 18.4%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 20.4%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 23.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
50% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2021/22[15]
Further education college
33% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[15] 58%[15] 0%[15] 27%[15] 6%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 72%[16] 0%[16] 16%[16] 4%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 62%[17] 23%[17] 3%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 57%[18] 27%[18] 8%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[19]
Education
47% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
34% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 46%[20] 6%[20] 36%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 43%[21] 7%[21] 38%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 53%[22] 4%[22] 30%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 49%[23] 5%[23] 39%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
66% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
24% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
25% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 69%[26] 28%[26]
2019/20 67%[25] 24%[25] 25%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 61%[27] 26%[27] 24%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 63%[28] 22%[28] 25%[28] 2%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
21 Apr 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
24 Jun 2026[29]
Inclusion
Expected standard[29]
Achievement
Needs attention[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention[29]
Leadership and governance
Needs attention[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
7 Feb 2024[30] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[30] No overall grade[30]
8 Mar 2022[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
357 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
167 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
222 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 424[32] 198[32] 256[32] 1.7[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 478[32] 278[32] 357[32] 1.3[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2023 402[32] 243[32] 279[32] 1.4[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2022 431[32] 297[32] 327[32] 1.3[32] 0.9[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
290 Entry Sept 2026[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
2205[1]
Trust
CAMBRIAN LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Oxfordshire[1]
Website
http://www.kaacademy.org[1]
District
Vale of White Horse[34]
Postcode
OX12 9BY[1]
URN
137140[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1763 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
5.2% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
17.7% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
3.2% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
19.5% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
88.4%[36]
Mixed
4.5%[36]
Asian
1.6%[36]
Black
3.3%[36]
Any other ethnic group
0.9%[36]
Unclassified
1.2%[36]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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  33. kaacademy.org: kaacademy.org document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Our Pupil Admission Number (PAN) is 290 (p. 1)
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