Kingsmead School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 49 49.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 49.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 47.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 14.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.27 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	48.8[6]	46.6%[6]
2023/24	50.5[4]	51%[4]	+0.27[4]
2022/23	50.5[7]	48%[7]	+0.41[7]
2021/22	48.1[8]	55%[8]	+0.08[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 1.7% 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]	4.2%[10]
2022/23	C+[11]	3.7%[11]
2021/22	C[12]	6.2%[12]
2018/19	C+[13]	8.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 55% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 9% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 30% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2021/22[15]
Employment: 1% 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	94%[15]	59%[15]	5%[15]	27%[15]	1%[15]	2%[15]
2020/21	95%[16]	54%[16]	4%[16]	35%[16]		1%[16]
2019/20	96%[17]	56%[17]	9%[17]	28%[17]	1%[17]	1%[17]
2018/19	95%[18]	54%[18]	7%[18]	29%[18]	1%[18]	3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 88% 2022/23[19]
Education: 72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 4% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 12% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	84%[20]	69%[20]	7%[20]	9%[20]
2020/21	87%[21]	72%[21]	2%[21]	13%[21]
2019/20	88%[22]	81%[22]	1%[22]	5%[22]
2018/19	90%[23]	67%[23]	9%[23]	13%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 76% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 15% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 32% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 2% 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]	25%[26]
2019/20	87%[25]	33%[25]	32%[25]	2%[25]
2018/19	76%[27]	18%[27]	15%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	80%[28]	15%[28]	13%[28]	0%[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: 8 Jul 2026[29]
Inclusion: Expected standard[29]
Achievement: Expected standard[29]
Category of concern: SM[29]
Safeguarding standards: Not met[29]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention[29]
Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement[29]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable): Expected standard[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
26 Apr 2022[30]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30]	No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31]	No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference): 846 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences: 232 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered: 279 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	866[32]	262[32]	252[32]	3.4[32]	1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2024	987[32]	264[32]	252[32]	3.9[32]	1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2023	1091[32]	289[32]	250[32]	4.4[32]	1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2022	1081[32]	296[32]	251[32]	4.3[32]	1.2[32]

Furthest distance offered (Distance)

By entry year
Entry	Furthest distance
Entry Sept 2023	0.889 miles[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: 1470[1]
Trust: KINGSMEAD SCHOOL[1]
Local authority: Enfield[1]
Website: http://www.kingsmeadschool.org/[1]
District: Enfield [34]
Postcode: EN1 1YQ[1]
URN: 136327[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1502 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language: 36.9% 2024/25[35]
SEN support: 5.9% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan: 2.4% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 40.1% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 43.2%[36]
Mixed: 13.7%[36]
Asian: 11.4%[36]
Black: 20.8%[36]
Any other ethnic group: 6.9%[36]
Unclassified: 4%[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.

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