King's Academy Binfield

King’s Academy Binfield is performing well overall, demonstrating good progress in various aspects of education including quality of teaching, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. Since its inception, the school has fostered a strong sense of community and belonging among students, who take pride in their achievements both academically and socially. While the school is in the process of refining its curriculum and strategies, its focus on high standards and student well-being is evident from the feedback of both pupils and parents.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well academically and socially.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and participation in clubs.
• Leaders effectively manage bullying and uphold high expectations.
• Teachers are collaborative and focused on professional development.
• Reading is prioritized well in early years and primary education.
• Effective safeguarding measures are in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Inadequate strategic approach to teaching reading for secondary students.
• Insufficient meaningful work experience opportunities for pupils.

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's Academy Binfield attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 15.2% 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, 5.4% of pupils at King's Academy Binfield were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No 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's Academy Binfield had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.9% 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, 11.9% of pupils at King's Academy Binfield were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 15 pupils.

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 2024–25 King's Academy Binfield received £7,827 and spent £7,647 for each of its 1,443 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,347,000 (£1,627 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of King'S Group Academies, income was £7,817 and spending £7,798 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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King's Academy Binfield is part of King'S Group Academies, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• King's Academy Meadow Vale Bracknell
• King's Academy Oakwood Bracknell
• King's Academy Easthampstead Park Bracknell
• King's Academy Prospect Reading
• King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) Portsmouth
• King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) Portsmouth
• King's Academy College Park (Junior) Portsmouth
• King's Academy College Park (Infant) Portsmouth
• King's Academy Lord Wilson Southampton
• King's Academy Rowner Gosport

What is King's Academy Binfield's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King's Academy Binfield is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was King's Academy Binfield last inspected by Ofsted?

King's Academy Binfield was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does King's Academy Binfield have?

King's Academy Binfield has 1,500 pupils on roll.

What age range does King's Academy Binfield cover?

King's Academy Binfield for pupils aged 3 to 19.

What are King's Academy Binfield's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.2, and 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is King's Academy Binfield?

King's Academy Binfield is at St. Georges Park, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42 4FS.