King Solomon High School

King Solomon High School continues to require improvement across all domains. Despite some recent improvements in behaviour and clarity of expectations, the school faces challenges with staffing changes that have impacted consistency in curriculum delivery and pupil outcomes. Most students respond positively to rising academic expectations and achieve well in GCSEs, yet significant disparities in achievement remain, particularly for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those struggling with reading. Leaders have set high aspirations for both academic performance and behaviour, but inconsistent application of policies has hindered progress in these areas.

Strengths

• Pupils are beginning to benefit from recent improvements.
• The majority of pupils are polite and respectful.
• The school community's diversity is celebrated.
• There is a safe environment for pupils.
• A range of extracurricular activities is provided.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in curriculum delivery affect pupil learning.
• Pupils with SEND do not consistently receive adequate support.
• No coherent approach to support readers struggling with literacy.
• High expectations for behaviour are not consistently applied.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at King Solomon High School attended 90.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 31.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 7.0% of pupils at King Solomon High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 King Solomon High School had 15.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 44.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 8.5% of pupils at King Solomon High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 King Solomon High School received £11,729 and spent £11,975 for each of its 636 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £108,000 (-£170 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is King Solomon High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King Solomon High School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was King Solomon High School last inspected by Ofsted?

King Solomon High School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does King Solomon High School have?

King Solomon High School has 636 pupils on roll.

What age range does King Solomon High School cover?

King Solomon High School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are King Solomon High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.5, and 52% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is King Solomon High School?

King Solomon High School is at Forest Road, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex, IG6 3HB.