Secondary
The Kingston Academy
Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5PE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1213 of 1188 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability
- Trust
- KINGSTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 91.6
- Pupils per adult
- 12.8
- Pupils
- 1,168
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2024
Outstanding
Still graded as at
Outstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
79%
9 points above the Kingston upon Thames average (70% across 11 schools)
62.8
2.9 above the Kingston upon Thames average (59.9 across 11 schools)
2nd of 11 by our score, among the secondary schools in Kingston upon Thames we can score - 13 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 62.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.89 |
| Entered the EBacc | 74% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 89% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 79% |
| A level average points per entry | 37.07 |
| A level students | 86 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 81% |
| 22/23 | 72% |
| 23/24 | 76% |
| 24/25 | 79% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.0 |
| 22/23 | 36.2 |
| 23/24 | 38.6 |
| 24/25 | 37.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.96 |
| 22/23 | +0.80 |
| 23/24 | +1.16 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 61.8 |
| 22/23 | 57.6 |
| 23/24 | 62.1 |
| 24/25 | 62.8 |
Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5PE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Kingston upon Thames admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Sophie Cavanagh
- Address
- Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5PE
- Telephone
- 02084656200