Kingsford Community School

Kingsford Community School is performing well overall, with a 'Good' rating in education quality, and 'Outstanding' ratings in behaviour, attitudes, personal development, and leadership. The school fosters a supportive environment where pupils thrive academically and socially. Leaders prioritize safety, equality, and ambition, effectively guiding pupils in their educational journeys, whether they pursue academic or vocational pathways. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, offering a rich variety of subjects, including two languages. However, the delivery of the curriculum could be further strengthened, particularly in consistently checking pupils' understanding of knowledge across all subjects to aid long-term retention.

Strengths

• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes among pupils
• Strong leadership and management commitment
• Curriculum is ambitious and includes a wide range of subjects
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
• Pupils actively engage in school life and community
• Strong pastoral support enhances pupil well-being

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checking of pupils' understanding may affect long-term retention of knowledge

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 Kingsford Community School attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 23.2% 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, 2.3% of pupils at Kingsford Community School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 6 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 Kingsford Community School had 15.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.7% 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, 8.6% of pupils at Kingsford Community School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.7% 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 Kingsford Community School received £10,918 and spent £10,948 for each of its 1,437 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £7,832,000 (£5,450 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 Kingsford Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kingsford Community School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Kingsford Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kingsford Community School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Kingsford Community School have?

Kingsford Community School has 1,437 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kingsford Community School cover?

Kingsford Community School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Kingsford Community School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.9, and 53% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Kingsford Community School?

Kingsford Community School is at Kingsford Way, Beckton, London, E6 5JG.