Kingsford Community School

Type Secondary / Community school
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Kingsford Way
Beckton
London
E6 5JG
Phone 02074764700
Reference Number 132058

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1559
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.61%
Girls: 49.39%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 44.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 70.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 155 141 296
8 169 144 313
9 159 158 317
10 152 167 319
11 154 160 314

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, Other 22.4%
African 18.5%
Pakistani 6.8%
Indian 5.6%
Caribbean 4.6%
Asian, Other 4.2%
White, British 3.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.4%
Mixed, Other 2.4%
White & Asian 1.6%
White & Black (African) 1.5%
Chinese 0.9%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2022-12-02
Date Description Report
2022-10-18 School inspection: School inspection:
2017-02-08 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-02-28 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-03-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-11-18 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-03-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2003-05-12 Full inspection Full inspection

Ofsted Parent View

The latest published parent view scores are from 2018. Ofsted only publish scores if there have been more than 10 responses to the survey.

Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know Total Responses
1. My child is happy at this school 47 28 0 1 0 76
2. My child feels safe at this school 42 33 0 1 0 76
3. My child makes good progress at this school 34 35 4 0 3 76
4. My child is well looked after at this school 41 31 4 0 0 76
5. My child is taught well at this school 34 32 4 0 6 76
6. My child receives appropriate homework for their age 28 29 14 1 4 76
7. This school makes sure its pupils are well behaved 33 36 5 0 2 76
8. This school deals effectively with bullying 20 21 10 1 24 76
9. This school is well led and managed 33 30 8 1 4 76
10. This school responds well to any concerns I raise 23 36 11 3 3 76
11. I receive valuable information from the school about my child’s progress 22 28 22 3 1 76
12. Would you recommend this school to another parent? 69 7

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 46.6% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 62.6% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 141 74
Third Preference 143 19
From another Local Authority 13 4

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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