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Kingsbury High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Princes Avenue, Kingsbury, London NW9 9JR · kingsburyhigh.org.uk · 020 8206 3000
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Brent 51.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Brent Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 2,001
- 98% of 2,050 places
- Local authority
- Brent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 35.2%
- First language not English
- 82.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Brent Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 215 families put the school first and 330 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 330 | 215 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 332 | 231 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 332 | 237 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 332 | 228 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 323 | 238 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.3, and 43.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Brent it was 51.5, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (34.9 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ●43.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ●62.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼33.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.18 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 51.8 | −10.7 |
| Sixth form college | 3.7 | +1.1 |
| Further education | 38 | +8.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.3 | — |
| Employment | 0.3 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2.5 | −1.7 |
| Activity not captured | 3.4 | +2.8 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 135 students | C+ (34.9) | Average -0.03 | |
| 136 students | B- (35.1) | Average -0.02 | |
| 64 students | Dist (36.5) | Above average +0.53 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 136 | B- (35.1) | +0.04 |
| 2022/23 | 131 | B (39.6) | — |
| 2021/22 | 138 | B (39.2) | — |
| 2018/19 | 190 | C (30.5) | +0.25 |
| 2017/18 | 145 | C+ (33.4) | +0.17 |
| 2016/17 | 174 | C+ (32.5) | +0.53 |
| 2015/16 | 196 | C- (28.2) | +0.32 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 73.9 | +0.4 |
| Further education | 1.7 | +0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.1 | +1.4 |
| Employment | 7.4 | −2.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.4 | +3.2 |
| Activity not captured | 4.5 | −2.9 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 1 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Kingsbury High School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 31 Jan 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Jul 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (85 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 85
- 4% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied