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Cirencester Kingshill School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formGloucestershire, South West · Cirencester GL7 1HSTrust: Cirencester Kingshill SchoolSchool website
Pupils on roll
806of 980 places
Free school meals
19.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
158
Ofsted
Inspected, 7 May 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Cirencester Kingshill School (URN 115770, until 1 August 2011).

What the data says

Cirencester Kingshill School has no sixth form. Of the 165 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 52% moved to a sixth form college, 15% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 52% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 37% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.2 against 46.1 across England and 50.3 in Gloucestershire, with 46% 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 Gloucestershire and England.

Cirencester Kingshill School
Gloucestershire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureCirencester Kingshill SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Pupils in the cohort1656,782607,348
Any sustained destination95%93%92%
Stayed in education84%85%86%
— school sixth form16%46%34%
— sixth form college52%11%13%
— further education college15%26%37%
— other education2%2%2%
Apprenticeship4%4%3%
Employment7%4%3%
No sustained destination5%5%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureCirencester Kingshill SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)48.250.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%71%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects22%31%41%
EBacc average point score4.194.404.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort16%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils31.734.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils51.354.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language2%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language15497%89%19%20%77%
English Literature15497%86%18%21%77%
Mathematics15397%88%19%22%75%
Combined Science11774%65%9%9%65%
Geography9158%41%25%25%70%
History6843%41%35%26%81%
Food Preparation and Nutrition5937%8%25%21%61%
Photography3623%6%11%19%61%
Biology3623%23%53%45%94%
Chemistry3623%23%53%47%97%
Physics3623%23%50%46%92%
Drama3019%7%23%27%80%
Fine Art3019%9%20%28%80%
Physical Education2918%11%34%24%90%
Textiles2516%2%12%27%64%
3D Design2214%2%18%16%77%
Spanish1912%19%21%27%95%
Music1711%5%18%33%35%
German138%5%23%33%92%
French138%18%62%29%85%
Religious Studies117%31%45%32%82%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies39
Childcare Skills31
Music Technology (Electronic)12
Additional Mathematics FSMQ10
Computer Appreciation / Introduction5

Other secondary schools in Gloucestershire

Archway School

Community school · sixth form · 1,053 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3

Balcarras School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,427 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.5

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.