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The King's CofE Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
First Avenue, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent ST7 1DP · thekingscofeacademy.org · 01782 783281
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Staffordshire 43.9, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 732
- 98% of 750 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 37.4%
- First language not English
- 5.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Three Spires Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 114 families put the school first and 123 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 | 123 | 114 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 135 | 130 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 117 | 101 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 137 | 125 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 126 | 119 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.1, and 27% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Staffordshire it was 43.9, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (23.6 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼27.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼49.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼2.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.20 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 141700)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 19.6 | +5.6 |
| Further education | 56.5 | −1.6 |
| Other education | 2.9 | +1.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 7.2 | +0.7 |
| Employment | 4.3 | −2.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.8 | −0.7 |
| Activity not captured | 3.6 | −1.8 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 students | D+ (23.6) | Well below average -0.89 | |
| 6 students | D+ (23.6) | Well below average -0.89 | |
| 15 students | Dist- (31.7) | Average +0.21 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 6 | C (28.8) | — |
| 2016/17 | 10 | E+ (12.8) | -0.44 |
| 2015/16 | 19 | D (18.7) | -0.20 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 22.2 | −32.3 |
| Further education | 5.6 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 5.6 | — |
| Employment | 55.6 | +28.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.1 | +6.6 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for The King's CofE Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 5 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 141700), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 141700)
What parents said
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (69 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 69
- 9% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (29%) with SEND