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The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form Centre[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 55 54.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
54.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
58% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
25% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.28 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 53.8[6] 60.9%[6]
2023/24 52.7[4] 60.5%[4] +0.28[4]
2022/23 54.3[7] 58%[7] +0.37[7]
2021/22 55[8] 60%[8] +0.24[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.6% 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 C+[10] 17.7%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 5.7%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 17.2%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
49% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
23% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
16% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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 97%[15] 68%[15] 14%[15] 14%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 52%[16] 18%[16] 20%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 54%[17] 8%[17] 28%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 53%[18] 0%[18] 36%[18] 3%[18] 5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
80% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
57% 2022/23[19]
Education
63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
17% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 57%[20] 61%[20] 3%[20] 21%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 64%[21] 71%[21] 1%[21] 16%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 57%[22] 64%[22] 4%[22] 16%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 54%[23] 66%[23] 1%[23] 22%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
71% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
18% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
15% 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 83%[26] 33%[26]
2019/20 72%[25] 16%[25] 15%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 71%[27] 18%[27] 16%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 75%[28] 25%[28] 23%[28] 3%[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
13 May 2025[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
25 Jun 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Improved significantly[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
10 Mar 2020[30] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
7 Nov 2018[31] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
881 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
202 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
193 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 767[32] 151[32] 200[32] 3.8[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 769[32] 167[32] 199[32] 3.9[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2023 904[32] 184[32] 196[32] 4.6[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2022 819[32] 168[32] 197[32] 4.2[32] 0.9[32]

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
1160[1]
Trust
EVERY CHILD, EVERY DAY ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kingston upon Thames[1]
Website
http://www.hollyfield.kingston.sch.uk/[1]
District
Kingston upon Thames[33]
Postcode
KT6 4TU[1]
URN
137678[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1205 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
21.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
14.9% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.3% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
24.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
66.9%[35]
Mixed
9.9%[35]
Asian
13.4%[35]
Black
5.5%[35]
Any other ethnic group
3.4%[35]
Unclassified
0.8%[35]

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

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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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