Alcester Academy
Academy converter · 636 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.0
Academy sponsor led
Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 604of 630 places
- Free school meals
- 26.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 128
- Ofsted
- Good, 3 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy (URN 141744, until 30 April 2016).
What the data says
Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy has no sixth form. Of the 140 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 16% moved to a sixth form college, 56% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.4 against 46.1 across England and 48.0 in Warwickshire, with 27% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 34% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 4% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 Warwickshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 140 | 6,474 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 14% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 16% | 7% | 13% |
| — further education college | 56% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.4 | 48.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 1% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.97 | 4.28 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 21% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 26.0 | 32.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.4 | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 13% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 128 | 100% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 59% |
| English Language | 128 | 100% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 67% |
| English Literature | 125 | 98% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 91 | 71% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 53% |
| History | 68 | 53% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 31% |
| Design and Technology | 44 | 34% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 14% |
| Geography | 41 | 32% | 41% | 2% | 25% | 29% |
| Biology | 29 | 23% | 23% | 17% | 45% | 55% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 23% | 23% | 17% | 47% | 55% |
| Citizenship Studies | 27 | 21% | 3% | 19% | 19% | 67% |
| Physics | 27 | 21% | 23% | 15% | 46% | 67% |
| Fine Art | 21 | 16% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 38% |
| Astronomy | 19 | 15% | 0% | 5% | 29% | 21% |
| Film Studies | 17 | 13% | 1% | 29% | 20% | 76% |
| Drama | 12 | 9% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 42% |
| Music | 7 | 5% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| French | 6 | 5% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 83% |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 31 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 26 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 16 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Warwickshire
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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.