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The King's School, Gloucester

Mixed · ages 3–18 · with sixth form · Church of EnglandGloucestershire, South West · Gloucester GL1 2BGSchool website
Pupils on roll
709of 825 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
90
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where The King's School, Gloucester’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 34% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.

A level grades average B, above the England average of B-. The largest A level subjects are Psychology, Mathematics and Business Studies.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Gloucestershire and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolGloucestershireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)32.350.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%71%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%31%41%
EBacc average point score2.704.404.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils34.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils54.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language9%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Combined Science6876%65%32%9%94%
Business Studies4954%18%39%20%92%
Religious Studies3640%31%42%32%100%
Physical Education3134%11%61%24%100%
Fine Art2629%9%65%28%96%
Spanish2427%19%46%27%100%
French2326%18%70%29%100%
Physics2123%23%81%46%100%
Biology2123%23%76%45%100%
Chemistry2022%23%75%47%100%
Classical Civilisation1517%1%47%40%87%
Drama1517%7%67%27%100%
Computer Science1416%13%43%30%93%
Latin1011%1%90%74%100%
Music67%5%83%33%100%
English Literature11%86%21%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Music performance: Group24%
Music performance: Group12%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThis schoolGloucestershireEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study127
— of whom A level students534,019261,341
Average A level gradeBB-B-
Average points per A level entry39.9436.2835.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsBB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects18%20%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Psychology1732%23%
Mathematics1325%31%
Business Studies1223%13%
Geography1019%10%
Biology1019%20%
Product Design1019%2%
English Literature1019%11%
Photography815%3%
Physical Education713%3%
Computer Science713%5%
Politics611%6%
Physics611%12%
Economics611%13%
Religious Studies611%4%
History13%
Latin0%
Classical Civilisation1%
Further Mathematics5%
Music0%
French1%
Textiles1%
Fine Art3%
Spanish2%
Chemistry17%
Drama2%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)1936%
Sports StudiesBTEC National Extended Diploma L3 - Band N - PPP-D*D*D*1223%
Finance / Accounting (General)VRQ Level 3917%
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (All)
Further MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)

Other secondary schools in Gloucestershire

Archway School

Community school · sixth form · 1,053 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3

Balcarras School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,427 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.5

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.