King's Academy Brune Park
Performance (KS4 GCSE)
Ofsted judgements
Getting a place
Every child who put King's Academy Brune Park 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
- 1,277
- Gender
- Mixed
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means
Nearby secondary schools
Location
Official sources
School overview
King's Academy Brune Park is a secondary school serving Gosport, Hampshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 1,277 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated King's Academy Brune Park 'Inadequate'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 33.0 — well below the national average (national average: 46). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.
16% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 37% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made King's Academy Brune Park their first choice was offered one of its 204 Year 7 places. Overall pupil absence was 12.0%. There are about 15.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 39% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering King's Academy Brune Park, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.