King's College School
Other independent school · Boys · Merton
Southside, London, SW19 4TT
21
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,498
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
1,555 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 7–19
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Anne Cotton
- Address
- Southside, Wimbledon Common, London, SW19 4TT
- Phone
- 02082555300
- Local authority
- Merton
- Ward / constituency
- Village · Wimbledon
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 102684
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
1,498 pupils · 1,555 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
Read the full Ofsted reportGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 14.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 0.85 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 53.09 | — | — |
Average grade: A+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 14.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.77 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 156 | — |
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 | 52.79 | 35 |
| Average grade | A+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 83.2% | 17% |
| A-level students | 183 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latin | 68 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Design & Technology | 37 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 31 | 97% | 100% | 100% | |
| Drama | 18 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 16 | 81% | 100% | 100% | |
| Music | 13 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Classical Greek | 13 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chinese | 10 | 90% | 90% | 100% | |
| Italian | 10 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physical Education | 10 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Russian | 8 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Japanese Language | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 150 | 58% | 87% | 95% | |
| Physics | 72 | 42% | 89% | 94% | |
| Economics | 68 | 47% | 82% | 96% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 67 | 54% | 90% | 94% | |
| Chemistry | 57 | 51% | 89% | 93% | |
| History | 36 | 47% | 86% | 100% | |
| English Literature | 31 | 55% | 81% | 97% | |
| Biology | 29 | 62% | 90% | 93% | |
| Psychology | 22 | 36% | 64% | 82% | |
| Religious Studies | 20 | 35% | 70% | 100% | |
| Latin | 15 | 13% | 60% | 93% | |
| Spanish | 13 | 31% | 100% | 100% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #26 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12092: King's College School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 65 |
| Offers | 17 |
| Success rate | 26% |
| Accepted offers | 14 |
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
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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.