Kings Cross Academy

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-11
Religion Unknown
Address Plimsoll Building
4 Wollstonecraft Street
London
N1C 4BT
Phone 02075040533
Reference Number 140686

General Makeup

Number of pupils 373
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 55.23%
Girls: 44.77%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 45.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 34.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 23 25 48
2 32 19 51
3 26 27 53
4 22 21 43
5 32 19 51
6 26 25 51

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 24.7%
White, Other 15.3%
Mixed, Other 12.9%
Unclassified 12.1%
African 6.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 5.6%
White & Asian 4.6%
White & Black (African) 1.6%
Asian, Other 1.6%
Caribbean 1.1%
Chinese 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Irish 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-09-29
Date Description Report
2023-07-12 School inspection School inspection
2018-05-09 Full inspection: Full inspection:

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 67% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 9% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 108 Unlock Unlock
Maths 104 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

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.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.9 Unlock Unlock
Writing -0.7 Unlock Unlock
Maths -2 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 20 7
Third Preference 26 4
From another Local Authority 44 22

Previous Years

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Name Distance
Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children
4 Wollstonecraft Street, Kings Cross, London, N1C 4BT
0.06 miles
Abacus Belsize Primary School
Jubilee Waterside Centre, 105 Camley Street, London, N1C 4PF
0.22 miles
Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre
Yorkway Court, London, N1 0UH
0.28 miles
Edith Neville Primary School
85 Polygon Road, London, NW1 1HQ
0.35 miles
Richard Cobden Primary School
Camden Street, London, NW1 0LL
0.42 miles
St Mary and St Pancras Church of England Primary School
81 Werrington Street, London, NW1 1QP
0.46 miles
Our Lady Roman Catholic Primary School
Pratt Street, Camden, London, NW1 0DP
0.46 miles
Winton Primary School
Killick Street, Kings Cross, London, N1 9AZ
0.51 miles
St Andrew's (Barnsbury) Church of England Primary School
Matilda Street, Islington, London, N1 0LB
0.54 miles
Robert Blair School and Children's Centre
Brewery Road, Islington, London, N7 9QJ
0.57 miles
Argyle Primary School
Tonbridge Street, London, WC1H 9EG
0.6 miles
Vittoria Primary School
Treaty Street, London, N1 0WF
0.61 miles
The Gower School
10 Cynthia Street, Barnsbury, London, N1 9JF
0.68 miles
Brecknock Primary School
Cliff Villas, Camden, London, NW1 9AL
0.71 miles
Hawley Primary School
Hawley Road, London, NW1 8RP
0.77 miles
Thornhill Primary School
Thornhill Road, Islington, London, N1 1HX
0.78 miles
The Cavendish School
31 Inverness Street, London, NW1 7HB
0.78 miles
Hungerford School
249 Hungerford Road, Islington, London, N7 9LF
0.79 miles
Christ Church School
Redhill Street, Camden, London, NW1 4BD
0.85 miles
North Bridge House Preparatory
1 Gloucester Avenue, London, NW1 7AB
0.85 miles
Name Distance
Regent High School
Chalton Street, Camden, London, NW1 1RX
0.34 miles
WM College
44 Crowndale Road, London, NW1 1TR
0.41 miles
Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ
1 - 39 Drummond Crescent, London, NW1 1LY
0.56 miles
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School
Donegal Street, Islington, London, N1 9QG
0.69 miles
The Camden School for Girls
Sandall Road, London, NW5 2DB
0.69 miles
The Bridge School
251 Hungerford Road, London, N7 9LD
0.75 miles
The Bridge Integrated Learning Space
1 Dowrey Street, London, N1 0HY
0.78 miles
Capital City College Group
211 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8RA
0.8 miles
Harmood School
Harmood Street, Camden, London, NW1 8DP
0.98 miles
St Mary Magdalene Academy
Liverpool Road, Islington, London, N7 8PG
1.02 miles
Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCH
Great Ormond Street, Camden, London, WC1N 3JH
1.08 miles
Beacon High
Hilldrop Road, Islington, London, N7 0JG
1.14 miles
College Francais Bilingue De Londres
87 HOLMES ROAD, KENTISH TOWN, LONDON, NW5 3AX
1.14 miles
The Mary Ward Centre (AE Centre)
42 - 43 Queen Square, Camden, London, WC1N 3AQ
1.15 miles
The Courtyard Islington
Holloway Road, Islington, London, N7 8LT
1.15 miles
Richard Cloudesley School
Tudor Rose Building, 1 Prebend Street, London, N1 8RE
1.23 miles
Haverstock School
24 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, London, NW3 2BQ
1.24 miles
City of London Academy Islington
Prebend Street, Islington, London, N1 8PQ
1.27 miles
Jeannine Manuel School
43-45 Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, London, WC1B 3DN
1.31 miles
Guildhouse School
43-45 Bloomsbury Square & 2 Southampton Place, London, WC1A 2RA
1.33 miles
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Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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