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Kennet School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 48 48.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
48 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
47.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.15 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 46.5[6] 45.6%[6]
2023/24 47.5[4] 47.4%[4] +0.15[4]
2022/23 49.9[7] 48%[7] +0.35[7]
2021/22 52[8] 56%[8] +0.17[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16.7% 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 B-[10] 16%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 10.4%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 10.7%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 17.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
63% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
17% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 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 96%[15] 65%[15] 1%[15] 20%[15] 5%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 69%[16] 0%[16] 17%[16] 4%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 68%[17] 2%[17] 23%[17] 1%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 66%[18] 17%[18] 7%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
54% 2022/23[19]
Education
56% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
31% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 44%[20] 46%[20] 13%[20] 26%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 46%[21] 48%[21] 16%[21] 28%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 45%[22] 49%[22] 12%[22] 28%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 47%[23] 50%[23] 10%[23] 27%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
61% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
19% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
17% 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 54%[26] 27%[26]
2019/20 60%[25] 19%[25] 17%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 58%[27] 14%[27] 10%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 64%[28] 18%[28] 15%[28] 1%[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
14 May 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
24 Jul 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
1 Nov 2022[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Outstanding[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
384 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
276 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
287 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 379[32] 260[32] 294[32] 1.3[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2024 379[32] 259[32] 290[32] 1.3[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 409[32] 281[32] 294[32] 1.4[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 414[32] 302[32] 293[32] 1.4[32] 1.0[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
1881[1]
Trust
EQUINOX LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
West Berkshire[1]
Website
www.kennetschool.co.uk[1]
District
West Berkshire[33]
Postcode
RG19 4LL[1]
URN
136647[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1814 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
10.4% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
12.4% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
4.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
17.1% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
84.1%[35]
Mixed
5.5%[35]
Asian
5.8%[35]
Black
1.9%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.2%[35]
Unclassified
1.5%[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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    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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