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Kings College Guildford
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Southway, Guildford GU2 8DU · kingscollegeguildford.com · 01483 615100
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Surrey 50.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Surrey Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 593
- 99% of 600 places
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.1%
- First language not English
- 16.4%
- 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: Surrey Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 94 families put the school first and 121 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 | 121 | 94 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 122 | 92 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 121 | 92 | 0.8 | 92% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 115 | 117 | 1▲ | 77% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 141 | 75 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.4, and 41.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Surrey it was 50.8, and across England 46.
In 2015/16 the average A level result was grade E+ (13.2 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼41.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼62.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼15.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.82 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 10.2 | +5.7 |
| Sixth form college | 39.8 | +20.4 |
| Further education | 36.4 | −15.8 |
| Other education | 1.1 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 2.3 | −5.2 |
| Employment | 3.4 | −1.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.7 | −3.3 |
| Activity not captured | 1.1 | −1.9 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
| 2015/16 | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| A level | 9 | E+ (13.2) | -0.69 |
| All academic | 9 | E+ (13.2) | -0.69 |
| Applied general | 17 | — | -0.27 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2016/17 | |
|---|---|
| Apprenticeship | 12 |
| Employment | 59 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 24 |
| Activity not captured | 6 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Kings College Guildford was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 5 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate 16 to 19 study programmes Inadequate Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (77 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 77
- 14% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 29 parents (38%) with SEND