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Kings College Guildford

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSurrey, South East · Guildford GU2 8DUTrust: Learning Partners Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
593of 600 places
Free school meals
28.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
91
Ofsted
School remains Good, 6 June 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Kings College (URN 131966, until 13 August 2014).

What the data says

Kings College Guildford has no sixth form. Of the 50 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 38% moved to a sixth form college, 26% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

18% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 38% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.

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 Surrey and England.

Kings College Guildford
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureKings College GuildfordSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort5011,758607,348
Any sustained destination80%94%92%
Stayed in education72%89%86%
— school sixth form8%29%34%
— sixth form college38%32%13%
— further education college26%26%37%
— other education0%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment8%2%3%
No sustained destination18%4%6%
Destination unknown2%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureKings College GuildfordSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)44.450.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects15%44%41%
EBacc average point score3.824.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort30%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils38.632.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils46.854.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language20%12%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
English Language91100%89%11%20%66%
Mathematics91100%88%15%22%64%
English Literature9099%86%18%21%76%
Combined Science6976%65%0%9%49%
Geography5864%41%24%25%74%
Art and Design3437%7%12%24%68%
Computer Science3033%13%13%30%50%
History2932%41%28%26%86%
Media Studies2426%4%13%20%58%
Statistics2426%5%25%20%88%
Physics1921%23%53%46%100%
Biology1921%23%47%45%100%
Design and Technology1921%11%5%23%42%
Chemistry1921%23%37%47%95%
Spanish89%19%50%27%75%
Chinese33%1%75%
French33%18%29%
Portuguese22%0%50%
Arabic11%1%47%
Polish11%1%84%
Citizenship Studies11%3%19%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Speech and Drama28
Sports / Movement Science20

Other secondary schools in Surrey

Ash Manor School

Community school · 1,252 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Blenheim High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,370 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Broadwater School

Academy converter · 750 pupils

86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9

Carrington School

Academy converter · 1,012 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

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.