Kingstone High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Herefordshire, County of·HR2 9HJ
Composite score
52.9
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#2,184
National rank
#241
In West Midlands
#11
In Herefordshire, County of
Top 69%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
42.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
42%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
58%
% EBacc grade 5+
15%
EBacc average points score
3.77

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
59 first choices, 80 places
First choices per place
0.74
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
168
any preference, for 80 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220220.9920230.9820240.8320250.742026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Kingstone High School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
595
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
8.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
20.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,504
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
114 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
6%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Kingstone High School at a glance

Located in Herefordshire, County of, Kingstone High School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 595 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 42.3 — below the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

42% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 58% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Kingstone High School their first choice was offered one of its 80 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 16.3 pupils per teacher. Kingstone High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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