Kingsdale Foundation School

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-19
Religion Unknown
Address Alleyn Park
Dulwich
London
SE21 8SQ
Phone 02086707575
Reference Number 136309

General Makeup

Number of pupils 2527
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.18%
Girls: 49.82%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 14.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 220 205 425
8 232 212 444
9 192 219 411
10 217 200 417
11 195 191 386
12 106 128 234
13 106 104 210

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 31.3%
White, Other 20.3%
African 8.6%
Mixed, Other 6.6%
Caribbean 6.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 5.2%
White & Asian 4.6%
Unclassified 3%
White & Black (African) 2.9%
Asian, Other 1.3%
Chinese 1.1%
Pakistani 0.7%
Indian 0.5%
Irish 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2023-05-24
Date Description Report
2023-03-28 School inspection: School inspection:
2017-06-14 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-12-05 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
2012-02-08 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2010-03-22 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-10-22 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-11-01 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-04-29 Full inspection Full inspection
2010-03-22 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-10-22 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-11-01 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-04-29 Full inspection Full inspection

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)
66.7 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 82.1% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 89.3% 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

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.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 37.02 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 36.54 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- B- C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 17.7% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 657 61
Third Preference 584 19
From another Local Authority 2115 324

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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