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Kings Cross Academy[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 52% 52% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
52% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
7% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
106 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
102 2024/25[2]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 44%[3] 2%[3] 103[3] 100[3]
2022/23 67%[4] 9%[4] 108[4] 104[4]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
12 Jul 2023[5]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[5]
Report published
28 Sep 2023[5]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[5]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[5]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
9 May 2018[6] Academy First Section 5[6] Good[6]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
1.9 Entry Sept 2026[7]
Applications (any preference)
108 Entry Sept 2026[7]
First preferences
47 Entry Sept 2026[7]
Places offered
57 Entry Sept 2026[7]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[7]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 136[7] 59[7] 60[7] 2.3[7] 1.0[7]
Entry Sept 2024 123[7] 41[7] 55[7] 2.2[7] 0.7[7]
Entry Sept 2023 139[7] 56[7] 60[7] 2.3[7] 0.9[7]
Entry Sept 2022 163[7] 56[7] 60[7] 2.7[7] 0.9[7]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
3–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
446[1]
Trust
KING'S CROSS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Camden[1]
Website
kingscrossacademy.org.uk[1]
District
Camden[8]
Postcode
N1C 4BT[1]
URN
140686[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
388 2024/25[9]
English as an additional language
35.1% 2024/25[9]
SEN support
23.7% 2024/25[9]
EHC plan
3.4% 2024/25[9]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
50.8% 2024/25[9]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
43.4%[10]
Mixed
25.8%[10]
Asian
7.3%[10]
Black
13.3%[10]
Any other ethnic group
6.5%[10]
Unclassified
3.8%[10]

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

  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: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.