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Southborough High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 47.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
47.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.29 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 48.3[6] 51.2%[6]
2023/24 49.2[4] 48.1%[4] +0.29[4]
2022/23 48[7] 46%[7] +0.06[7]
2021/22 47.1[8] 47%[8] -0.21[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12.5% 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] 14.3%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 20%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 34.8%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 11.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
56% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
15% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
23% 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 95%[15] 69%[15] 4%[15] 16%[15] 3%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 60%[16] 10%[16] 19%[16] 2%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 61%[17] 8%[17] 26%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 90%[18] 62%[18] 0%[18] 25%[18] 1%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
82% 2022/23[19]
Education
49% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
28% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 64%[20] 7%[20] 16%[20]
2020/21 83%[21] 57%[21] 7%[21] 20%[21]
2019/20 80%[22] 59%[22] 3%[22] 17%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 64%[23] 2%[23] 23%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
66% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
24% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
18% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 74%[26] 17%[26]
2019/20 71%[25] 16%[25] 18%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 74%[27] 9%[27] 8%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 60%[28] 11%[28] 10%[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
2 Feb 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
19 Mar 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
15 Nov 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
389 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
77 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
173 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 356[31] 90[31] 161[31] 2.2[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2024 373[31] 69[31] 151[31] 2.5[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2023 403[31] 107[31] 194[31] 2.1[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022 392[31] 90[31] 178[31] 2.2[31] 0.5[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
915[1]
Trust
LEARNING PARTNERS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kingston upon Thames[1]
Website
http://www.southborough.kingston.sch.uk/[1]
District
Kingston upon Thames[32]
Postcode
KT6 5AS[1]
URN
137917[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
928 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
32.3% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
14.4% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
4.2% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
49.3%[34]
Mixed
15.3%[34]
Asian
23.9%[34]
Black
1.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group
4.3%[34]
Unclassified
5.9%[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.

Sources

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    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.
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    Quote
    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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