Abbeywood Community School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,294 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Academy sponsor led
King's Oak Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 992of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 29.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 108
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, 3 June 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Kingsfield School (URN 109294, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
King's Oak Academy has no sixth form. Of the 121 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 25% moved to a sixth form college, 49% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.0 against 46.1 across England and 42.9 in South Gloucestershire, with 35% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, King's Oak Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 South Gloucestershire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | King's Oak Academy | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 121 | 2,687 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 36% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 25% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 49% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 7% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | King's Oak Academy | South Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.0 | 42.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 22% | 25% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.51 | 3.73 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 27% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.6 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.1 | 45.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 16% | 11% | 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 Language | 106 | 98% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 61% |
| Mathematics | 106 | 98% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 63% |
| English Literature | 104 | 96% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 66% |
| Combined Science | 76 | 70% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 45% |
| Geography | 71 | 66% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 51% |
| History | 50 | 46% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 72% |
| Design and Technology | 34 | 31% | 11% | 21% | 23% | 59% |
| Biology | 28 | 26% | 23% | 14% | 45% | 89% |
| Fine Art | 27 | 25% | 9% | 7% | 28% | 30% |
| Physics | 27 | 25% | 23% | 11% | 46% | 85% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 25% | 23% | 11% | 47% | 85% |
| French | 19 | 18% | 18% | 11% | 29% | 63% |
| Spanish | 2 | 2% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 1% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Tourism | 15 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 10 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in South Gloucestershire
Bradley Stoke Community School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,393 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.6
Brimsham Green School
Community school · sixth form · 1,095 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Chipping Sodbury School
Academy converter · sixth form · 775 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7
Digitech Studio School
Studio schools · sixth form · 608 pupils
67% stayed in education · Attainment 8 31.2
Downend School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,415 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.0
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.