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Kings Cross Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Plimsoll Building, 4 Wollstonecraft Street, London N1C 4BT · kingscrossacademy.org.uk · 020 7504 0533
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 52%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Camden 73%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.63 mi
- 1.02 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Camden Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 399
- 89% of 446 places
- Local authority
- Camden
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 50.1%
- First language not English
- 40.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.63 mi (1.02 km) from the school. Source: Camden Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 47 families put the school first and 57 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 57 | 47 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 92% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 55 | 41 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 91% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.63 mi1.02 km | |
| September 2023 | 0.60 mi0.96 km | |
| September 2024 | All | |
The furthest child offered a place on the offer date.
The council says the school had vacant places after the offer date.
Results
In 2024/25, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Camden it was 73%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼52% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●104 | 105 | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 13 July 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Kings Cross Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 12 Jul 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (114 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 114
- 29% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (18%) with SEND