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Kings' School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 59 58.6 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
58.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
67.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
26.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.36 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 57.8[5] 65.1%[5]
2023/24 57.2[3] 67%[3] +0.36[3]
2022/23 56.3[6] 61%[6] +0.43[6]
2021/22 60.5[7] 68%[7] +0.28[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
23 Jan 2024[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
7 Mar 2024[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Good[8]
Overall effectiveness
Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[8]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Applications (any preference)
773 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences
318 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Places offered
373 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 787[9] 328[9] 379[9] 2.1[9]
Entry Sept 2024 838[9] 337[9] 370[9] 2.3[9]
Entry Sept 2023 847[9] 389[9] 371[9] 2.3[9]
Entry Sept 2022 697[9] 354[9] 372[9] 1.9[9]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[10]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1800[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://www.kings-hants.com[1]
District
Winchester[11]
Postcode
SO22 5PN[1]
URN
116468[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1780 2024/25[12]
English as an additional language
15.2% 2024/25[12]
SEN support
11.2% 2024/25[12]
EHC plan
2.9% 2024/25[12]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
17.9% 2024/25[12]

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.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. kings-hants.com: kings-hants.com — Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The County Council will consider first all those applications received by the published deadline of midnight on 31 October 2026. (p. 2)
  11. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.