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Kings Cross Academy

URN
140686
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Kings Cross Academy
URN
140686
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

47 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

30

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

38

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • 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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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
28 September 2023
Inspection date
13 July 2023
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 28 September 2023

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Inspection history

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

Admissions

High pressure

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

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

60

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

136

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

60

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.27×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Camden
Admissions portal
Essex admissions
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
kingscrossacademy.org.uk

Performance & outcomes

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

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

78.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

76.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

56.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

52.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

N1C 4BT - Plimsoll Building, 4 Wollstonecraft Street, London

Contact details

Address
Plimsoll Building, 4 Wollstonecraft Street, London
Postcode
N1C 4BT
Phone
2075040533
Website
kingscrossacademy.org.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Camden
Local authority code
202

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 144 schools in Camden.

Authority statistics

Total schools

144

Open schools

103

Closed schools

41

Primary schools

47

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.

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  • 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.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    28 September 202313 July 2023-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 28 September 2023
    • School remains Good

      Published
      28 September 2023
      Inspected
      13 July 2023
      Type
      -
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    44.1%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 54

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

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

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

    Secondary schools

    11

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary47 (33.3%)
    • Secondary11 (7.8%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other83 (58.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children99 mNot applicableOpen
    Abacus Belsize Primary School352 mPrimaryOpen
    The Royal Veterinary College446 mNot applicableOpen
    Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre456 mNurseryOpen
    Regent High School553 mSecondaryOpen
    Blessed Sacrament RC Primary School564 mPrimaryClosed
    Edith Neville Primary School567 mPrimaryOpen
    New River College Medical590 mNot applicableOpen
    Copenhagen Primary School600 mPrimaryClosed
    WM College656 m16 plusOpen
    • Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children
      Distance
      99 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Abacus Belsize Primary School
      Distance
      352 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • The Royal Veterinary College
      Distance
      446 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre
      Distance
      456 m
      Phase
      Nursery
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Camden)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abacus Belsize Primary SchoolPrimaryN1C 4PFOpen
    Argyle Primary SchoolPrimaryWC1H 9EGOpen
    Brecknock Primary SchoolPrimaryNW1 9ALOpen
    Brookfield Primary SchoolPrimaryN19 5DHOpen
    Carlton Primary SchoolPrimaryNW5 4AXClosed
    • Abacus Belsize Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      N1C 4PF
      Status
      Open
    • Argyle Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      WC1H 9EG
      Status
      Open
    • Brecknock Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      NW1 9AL
      Status
      Open
    • Brookfield Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      N19 5DH
      Status
      Open
    • Carlton Primary School
  • Regent High School
    Distance
    553 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Blessed Sacrament RC Primary School
    Distance
    564 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Edith Neville Primary School
    Distance
    567 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • New River College Medical
    Distance
    590 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Copenhagen Primary School
    Distance
    600 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • WM College
    Distance
    656 m
    Phase
    16 plus
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    NW5 4AX
    Status
    Closed