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Kings' School

URN
116468
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Kings' School
URN
116468
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Excellent

88 / 100

Excellent

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

97

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

89

Destinations

59

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 10% of secondary schools in England

Top 10% nationally

#2 of 59 schools in Hampshire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
7 March 2024
Inspection date
23 January 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 7 March 2024

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 7 March 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

379

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

787

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

379

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.08×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Hampshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Hampshire)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.kings-hants.com

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Hampshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

57.8

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

65.1%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

78.3%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

54.1%

EBacc achievement

Location

SO22 5PN - Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire

Contact details

Address
Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire
Postcode
SO22 5PN
Phone
1962861161
Website
http://www.kings-hants.com
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Hampshire
Local authority code
850

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 873 schools in Hampshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

873

Open schools

618

Closed schools

255

Primary schools

528

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 7 March 2024

  • Personal development

    Outstanding

    Graded 7 March 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Outstanding

    Graded 7 March 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    7 March 202423 January 2024S5 InspectionGoodView report for inspection published 7 March 2024
    • Good

      Published
      7 March 2024
      Inspected
      23 January 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    48.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 327

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    41.4%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    90.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    2.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    1.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    4.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    110

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary528 (60.7%)
    • Secondary110 (12.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other232 (26.7%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Winchester676 mPrimaryOpen
    Western Church of England Primary School1.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    University of Winchester1.4 kmNot applicableOpen
    Medecroft Opportunity Centre1.5 kmNot applicableClosed
    The Westgate School1.5 kmAll-throughOpen
    Stanmore Primary School1.6 kmPrimaryOpen
    Oliver's Battery Primary and Nursery School1.6 kmPrimaryOpen
    Nethercliffe School1.9 kmNot applicableClosed
    Swanwick Lodge2.0 kmNot applicableOpen
    Weeke Primary School2.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    • St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Winchester
      Distance
      676 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Western Church of England Primary School
      Distance
      1.2 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • University of Winchester
      Distance
      1.4 km
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Medecroft Opportunity Centre
      Distance
      1.5 km
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Hampshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Aldworth SchoolSecondaryRG22 6HAClosed
    Amery Hill SchoolSecondaryGU34 2BZClosed
    Amery Hill SchoolSecondaryGU34 2BZOpen
    Applemore CollegeSecondarySO45 4RQOpen
    Bay House SchoolSecondaryPO12 2QPClosed
    • Aldworth School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      RG22 6HA
      Status
      Closed
    • Amery Hill School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      GU34 2BZ
      Status
      Closed
    • Amery Hill School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      GU34 2BZ
      Status
      Open
    • Applemore College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SO45 4RQ
      Status
      Open
    • Bay House School
    The Westgate School
    Distance
    1.5 km
    Phase
    All-through
    Status
    Open
  • Stanmore Primary School
    Distance
    1.6 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Oliver's Battery Primary and Nursery School
    Distance
    1.6 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Nethercliffe School
    Distance
    1.9 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Swanwick Lodge
    Distance
    2.0 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Weeke Primary School
    Distance
    2.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    PO12 2QP
    Status
    Closed