The King's School, Gloucester
Other independent school · Mixed · Gloucestershire
Pitt Street, Gloucester, GL1 2BG
46
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
709
Capacity used
Has space86%
825 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 3–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- David Morton
- Address
- Pitt Street, Gloucester, GL1 2BG
- Phone
- 01452337337
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Ward / constituency
- Westgate · Gloucester
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 115780
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 27% | — | — |
709 pupils · 825 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 32.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.65 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.92 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 32.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.7 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 90 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 39.94 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 18% | 17% |
| A-level students | 53 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Science | 68 | 32% | 79% | 94% | |
| Business | 49 | 39% | 82% | 92% | |
| Religious Studies | 36 | 42% | 94% | 100% | |
| Physical Education | 31 | 61% | 94% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 26 | 65% | 96% | 96% | |
| Spanish | 24 | 46% | 96% | 100% | |
| French | 23 | 70% | 91% | 100% | |
| Biology | 21 | 76% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 21 | 81% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 20 | 75% | 100% | 100% | |
| Drama | 15 | 67% | 100% | 100% | |
| Classical Civilisation | 15 | 47% | 73% | 87% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 17 | 0% | 12% | 71% | |
| Mathematics | 13 | 8% | 54% | 62% | |
| Business Studies | 12 | 0% | 25% | 75% | |
| Biology | 11 | 18% | 27% | 55% | |
| English Literature | 11 | 9% | 18% | 64% | |
| Geography | 10 | 10% | 20% | 50% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 10 | 50% | 70% | 80% | |
| Photography | 8 | 25% | 38% | 88% | |
| Computer Science | 8 | 0% | 0% | 50% | |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 7 | 14% | 29% | 71% | |
| Physics | 6 | 0% | 83% | 83% | |
| Economics | 6 | 17% | 17% | 50% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #147 of 1,030 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10936: King's School, Gloucester
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.