Kings College Guildford[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 47 46.8 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 46.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 45.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 16.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.02 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	44.4[5]	41.8%[5]
2023/24	46.7[3]	46.6%[3]	-0.02[3]
2022/23	43.2[6]	28%[6]	-0.30[6]
2021/22	41.4[7]	24%[7]	-0.29[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: E+ 2015/16[8]
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
2014/15	E-[10]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 80% 2022/23[11]
School sixth form: 8% 2022/23[11]
Sixth-form college: 38% 2022/23[11]
Further education college: 26% 2022/23[11]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[11]
Employment: 8% 2022/23[11]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	90%[12]	4%[12]	19%[12]	52%[12]	7%[12]	6%[12]
2020/21	92%[13]	16%[13]	23%[13]	46%[13]	2%[13]	3%[13]
2019/20	89%[14]	7%[14]	34%[14]	34%[14]	7%[14]	4%[14]
2018/19	86%[15]	3%[15]	40%[15]	35%[15]	0%[15]	8%[15]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 68% 2015/16[16]
Education: 35% 2014/15[17]
Employment: 36% 2015/16[16]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Employment
2014/15	87%[17]	35%[17]	52%[17]

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: 5 Jun 2024[18]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[18]
Report published: 7 Jul 2024[18]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[18]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Good[18]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
17 Jul 2018[19]	Schools into Special Measures Visit 4[19]	Good[19]
6 Dec 2016[20]	Academy First Section 5[20]	Inadequate[20]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.3 Entry Sept 2026[21]
Applications (any preference): 279 Entry Sept 2026[21]
First preferences: 94 Entry Sept 2026[21]
Places offered: 121 Entry Sept 2026[21]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[21]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	281[21]	92[21]	122[21]	2.3[21]	0.8[21]
Entry Sept 2024	270[21]	92[21]	121[21]	2.2[21]	0.8[21]
Entry Sept 2023	297[21]	117[21]	115[21]	2.6[21]	1.0[21]
Entry Sept 2022	218[21]	75[21]	141[21]	1.5[21]	0.5[21]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Capacity: 600[1]
Trust: LEARNING PARTNERS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority: Surrey[1]
Website: http://www.kingscollegeguildford.com/[1]
District: Guildford [22]
Postcode: GU2 8DU[1]
URN: 141200[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 566 2024/25[23]
English as an additional language: 17.1% 2024/25[23]
SEN support: 18.4% 2024/25[23]
EHC plan: 6% 2024/25[23]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 28.3% 2024/25[23]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 77.6%[24]
Mixed: 5.6%[24]
Asian: 8.9%[24]
Black: 3%[24]
Any other ethnic group: 2.7%[24]
Unclassified: 2.2%[24]

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

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.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2015/16, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2014/15, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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