Aylestone School
Community school · 443 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.3
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Kingstone High School
- Pupils on roll
- 568of 636 places
- Free school meals
- 27.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 130
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, 28 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Kingstone High School (URN 116939, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Kingstone High School has no sixth form. Of the 114 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 36% moved to a sixth form college, 46% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 36% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 25% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.3 against 46.1 across England and 44.7 in Herefordshire, County of, with 42% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Herefordshire, County of and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Kingstone High School | Herefordshire, County of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 114 | 1,788 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 8% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 36% | 37% | 13% |
| — further education college | 46% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Kingstone High School | Herefordshire, County of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.3 | 44.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 43% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.77 | 3.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 26% | 20% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.8 | 33.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.3 | 47.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 12% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 131 | 100% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 75% |
| Mathematics | 130 | 100% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 62% |
| English Language | 130 | 100% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 63% |
| Combined Science | 112 | 86% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 50% |
| Geography | 65 | 50% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 66% |
| Spanish | 50 | 38% | 19% | 6% | 27% | 40% |
| History | 46 | 35% | 41% | 22% | 26% | 59% |
| Physical Education | 32 | 25% | 11% | 3% | 24% | 56% |
| Business Studies | 29 | 22% | 18% | 7% | 20% | 62% |
| Design and Technology | 24 | 18% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 67% |
| Art and Design | 22 | 17% | 7% | 9% | 24% | 41% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 22 | 17% | 8% | 5% | 21% | 45% |
| Computer Science | 21 | 16% | 13% | 14% | 30% | 43% |
| Media Studies | 20 | 15% | 4% | 25% | 20% | 80% |
| French | 19 | 15% | 18% | 32% | 29% | 84% |
| Religious Studies | 17 | 13% | 31% | 41% | 32% | 65% |
| Biology | 16 | 12% | 23% | 19% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 16 | 12% | 23% | 25% | 47% | 94% |
| Physics | 16 | 12% | 23% | 31% | 46% | 94% |
| Drama | 13 | 10% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 46% |
| Music | 12 | 9% | 5% | 42% | 33% | 100% |
| Russian | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 24 | — | — |
| Tourism | 22 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 15 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Herefordshire, County of
Earl Mortimer College
Community school · 502 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.5
Fairfield High School
Academy converter · 607 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.3
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,274 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.7
John Masefield High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 849 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.2
Lady Hawkins' School
Academy converter · 281 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.