The Kingston Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 65 64.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 64.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 82.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 44.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +1.16 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	Progress 8
2024/25	62.8[6]	78.9%[6]
2023/24	62.1[4]	75.6%[4]	+1.16[4]
2022/23	57.6[7]	72%[7]	+0.80[7]
2021/22	61.8[8]	81%[8]	+0.96[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 19.8% 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	B[9]	23.8%[9]
2022/23	B-[10]	13.7%[10]
2021/22	B-[11]	20.2%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 95% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form: 51% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college: 18% 2022/23[12]
Further education college: 21% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship: 2% 2022/23[12]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[12]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[13]	59%[13]	16%[13]	16%[13]	1%[13]	1%[13]
2020/21	97%[14]	53%[14]	16%[14]	23%[14]	0%[14]	1%[14]
2019/20	93%[15]	58%[15]	12%[15]	21%[15]	0%[15]	1%[15]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 87% 2022/23[16]
UK higher education: 72% 2022/23[16]
Education: 72% 2022/23[16]
Apprenticeship: 2% 2022/23[16]
Employment: 13% 2022/23[16]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	88%[17]	71%[17]	71%[17]	0%[17]	17%[17]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 83% 2021/22[18]
Top third of most selective universities: 27% 2021/22[18]

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: 17 Apr 2024[19]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[19]
Report published: 21 May 2024[19]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[19]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Outstanding[19]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
15 May 2018[20]	S5 Inspection[20]	Outstanding[20]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 6.4 Entry Sept 2026[21]
Applications (any preference): 1344 Entry Sept 2026[21]
First preferences: 306 Entry Sept 2026[21]
Places offered: 210 Entry Sept 2026[21]
First preferences per place: 1.5 Entry Sept 2026[21]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	1305[21]	313[21]	225[21]	5.8[21]	1.4[21]
Entry Sept 2024	1166[21]	257[21]	193[21]	6.0[21]	1.3[21]
Entry Sept 2023	1264[21]	273[21]	194[21]	6.5[21]	1.4[21]
Entry Sept 2022	1230[21]	325[21]	194[21]	6.3[21]	1.7[21]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 11–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1188[1]
Trust: KINGSTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST[1]
Local authority: Kingston upon Thames[1]
Website: www.thekingstonacademy.org [1]
District: Kingston upon Thames [22]
Postcode: KT2 5PE[1]
URN: 141862[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1178 2024/25[23]
English as an additional language: 26.9% 2024/25[23]
SEN support: 11.7% 2024/25[23]
EHC plan: 4.3% 2024/25[23]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 13.3% 2024/25[23]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 54.7%[24]
Mixed: 13%[24]
Asian: 20.9%[24]
Black: 1.4%[24]
Any other ethnic group: 5.6%[24]
Unclassified: 4.5%[24]

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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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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