King's Academy Binfield
All-through · Free schools · Mixed · Bracknell Forest
St. Georges Park, Bracknell, RG42 4FS
68
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 01/11/2022
Application demand
63%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.9%
15.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,500
Capacity used
Has space81%
1,850 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
63%
1st preference success rate
57 of 90 families who put it first got an offer
59
Places offered
195
Total applications
3.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 90 | 57 | ● 63% |
| 2nd preference | 72 | 2 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 33 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 195 | 59 | 30% |
1st preference success by year
Bracknell Forest lets families list 3 preferences. 5 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Age range
- 3–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Kerri-Anne Leavy
- Address
- St. Georges Park, Binfield, Bracknell, RG42 4FS
- Phone
- 01344306983
- Local authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Ward / constituency
- Binfield South & Jennett's Park · Maidenhead
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 145892
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 10% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 10% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: KING'S GROUP ACADEMIES
1,500 pupils · 1,850 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
01 November 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessEarly years Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,279 pupils
Attendance
93.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
15.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 47.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.02 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 48% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 71% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.44 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 48.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 70.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 65% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.53 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 177 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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 | 29.47 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 14.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 66 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 176 | 19% | 54% | 76% | |
| English Language | 176 | 23% | 56% | 77% | |
| English Literature | 175 | 20% | 55% | 72% | |
| Combined Science | 120 | 3% | 30% | 53% | |
| Geography | 118 | 15% | 51% | 61% | |
| Spanish | 80 | 21% | 55% | 68% | |
| History | 78 | 44% | 73% | 78% | |
| Biology | 54 | 33% | 96% | 100% | |
| Physics | 54 | 35% | 96% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 54 | 33% | 89% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 54 | 28% | 52% | 61% | |
| French | 50 | 46% | 76% | 84% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 22 | 9% | 36% | 41% | |
| History | 21 | 0% | 19% | 52% | |
| Business Studies | 20 | 5% | 10% | 25% | |
| Psychology | 18 | 0% | 11% | 50% | |
| Economics | 15 | 0% | 13% | 40% | |
| Geography | 14 | 0% | 14% | 43% | |
| Biology | 12 | 8% | 8% | 17% | |
| Physics | 10 | 0% | 20% | 30% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 9 | 0% | 0% | 11% | |
| Sociology | 8 | 0% | 13% | 88% | |
| English Language | 8 | 0% | 13% | 25% | |
| Computer Science | 6 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 20733: King's Academy Binfield
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| 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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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Bracknell Forest council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
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.