Coombe Boys' School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 53 53.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL D D 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 53.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 60.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 20.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.36 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	54.8[6]	67.4%[6]
2023/24	53.3[4]	64.8%[4]	+0.36[4]
2022/23	53[7]	57%[7]	+0.36[7]
2021/22	51.1[8]	56%[8]	+0.20[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D 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
2023/24	E+[10]
2022/23	D-[11]
2021/22	D[12]
2018/19	D[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 66% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 6% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 20% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[14]
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	93%[15]	66%[15]	4%[15]	18%[15]	3%[15]	2%[15]
2020/21	95%[16]	67%[16]	6%[16]	18%[16]	4%[16]	0%[16]
2019/20	93%[17]	61%[17]	5%[17]	23%[17]	2%[17]	2%[17]
2018/19	96%[18]	50%[18]	0%[18]	39%[18]	4%[18]	1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 76% 2022/23[19]
Education: 71% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 5% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	82%[20]	60%[20]	2%[20]	20%[20]
2020/21	93%[21]	76%[21]	2%[21]	15%[21]
2019/20	83%[22]	67%[22]	4%[22]	12%[22]
2018/19	91%[23]	57%[23]	11%[23]	23%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 65% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 2% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 0% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 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	84%[26]	12%[26]
2019/20	73%[25]	0%[25]	0%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	62%[27]	2%[27]	0%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	57%[28]	0%[28]	0%[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: 12 Sep 2023[29]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published: 19 Oct 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Good[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
6 Mar 2018[30]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30]	No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 662 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 119 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 194 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 0.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	623[31]	135[31]	194[31]	3.2[31]	0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2024	680[31]	153[31]	189[31]	3.6[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2023	714[31]	168[31]	190[31]	3.8[31]	0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2022	643[31]	133[31]	188[31]	3.4[31]	0.7[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Boys[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1100[1]
Trust: HELIX LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority: Kingston upon Thames[1]
Website: http://www.coombeboysschool.org [1]
District: Kingston upon Thames [32]
Postcode: KT3 6NU[1]
URN: 137859[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1030 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 38.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 16% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 4.3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 17.1% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 47.6%[34]
Mixed: 11.9%[34]
Asian: 23.3%[34]
Black: 3.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 11.4%[34]
Unclassified: 2.4%[34]

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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