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Kingsdale Foundation School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy

Alleyn Park, Dulwich, London SE21 8SQ · kingsdalefoundationschool.org.uk · 020 8670 7575

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Overview

Ofsted
Outstanding
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
59.9
average Attainment 8 score. Southwark 52.1, England 46
Demand for places
2.3
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
2,550
95 over 2,455 places · 104%
Local authority
Southwark
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
20.8%
First language not English
13.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Kingsdale Foundation

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 964 families put the school first and 416 places were offered; 35% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 984 (Places 393)984September 2023: 933 (Places 389)933September 2024: 1027 (Places 420)1027September 2025: 965 (Places 432)965September 2026: 964 (Places 416)964Places 416
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20264169642.3▲35%
September 2025Sept 20254329652.2▲35%
September 2024Sept 202442010272.4▲32%
September 2023Sept 20233899332.4▲32%
September 2022Sept 20223939842.5▲33%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 59.9, and 66.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Southwark it was 52.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B+ (42.8 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 55.9 (England 46.3)55.92017/18: 55.9 (England 46.5)55.92018/19: 54.9 (England 46.7)54.92021/22: 59.4 (England 48.8)59.42022/23: 59.5 (England 46.3)59.52023/24: 66.7 (England 45.9)66.72024/25: 59.9 (England 46.0)59.9England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲59.946.0
▲66.7%45.4%
▲86.2%64.8%
▲80.7%40.5%
▲5.634.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form76.2−0.4
Sixth form college7.4+3.1
Further education10.4−1.4
Other education0.3−2.2
Apprenticeship0.9−1.1
Employment0.3−0.7
Not in a lasting destination1.5+0.5
Activity not captured3+2.2

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 34.7 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 39.0 (England 31.1)B2017/18: 39.4 (England 32.1)B2018/19: 39.8 (England 32.9)B2021/22: 39.3 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 36.8 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 40.1 (England 34.4)B2024/25: 42.8 (England 35.0)B+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
219 studentsB+ (42.8)Above average +0.37
219 studentsB+ (43)Well above average +0.37
Applied general11 studentsMerit (26.4)Well below average -0.51
26.8%AAB or better
97.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24195B (40.1)+0.32
2022/23186B- (36.8)—
2021/22178B (39.3)—
2018/1985B (39.8)+0.33
2017/18125B (39.4)+0.30
2016/1779B (39)+0.43
2015/1674C+ (34.7)+0.34

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University60−1.3
Further education2.5−5.8
Apprenticeship1—
Employment18−0.2
Not in a lasting destination13.5+8.5
Activity not captured5−2.2

Ofsted

Kingsdale Foundation School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 28 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Outstanding
Inspected
28 Mar 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2017

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2017Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Dec 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (673 replies, to 1 January 2024).

Recommend
87%
Replies
673
27% · 1 Jan 2024
Child is happy at school●89% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●92% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●85% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲87% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▼84% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲89% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing●86% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▲98% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲94% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●81% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲80% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 83% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲55% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 29% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●67% agreeEngland 67%

based on 155 parents (23%) with SEND

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