Harris Academy Kingswood
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Essex
Woodlands Approach, Basildon, SS16 5BA
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
64%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.1%
22.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,513
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
1,500 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
64%
1st preference success rate
249 of 389 families who put it first got an offer
289
Places offered
1070
Total applications
3.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 389 | 249 | ● 64% |
| 2nd preference | 281 | 29 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 168 | 10 | ● 6% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 232 | 1 | ● 0% |
| Total | 1070 | 289 | 27% |
1st preference success by year
Essex lets families list 6 preferences. 23 applications came from outside the council area (6 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- David Wright
- Address
- Woodlands Approach, Basildon, SS16 5BA
- Phone
- 01268282146
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward / constituency
- Nethermayne · South Basildon and East Thurrock
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141214
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 30% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 10% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: HARRIS FEDERATION
1,513 pupils · 1,500 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
11 October 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,559 pupils
Attendance
92.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
22.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.26 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 42% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 60% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.98 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 32.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 54.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 71.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.85 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 292 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 290 | 11% | 41% | 60% | |
| Mathematics | 289 | 13% | 38% | 62% | |
| English Literature | 287 | 13% | 45% | 60% | |
| Combined Science | 228 | 1% | 22% | 46% | |
| History | 148 | 26% | 47% | 53% | |
| Geography | 102 | 14% | 33% | 46% | |
| French | 82 | 16% | 37% | 50% | |
| Spanish | 81 | 14% | 37% | 49% | |
| German | 70 | 14% | 44% | 71% | |
| Biology | 62 | 15% | 68% | 79% | |
| Physics | 61 | 31% | 75% | 84% | |
| Chemistry | 61 | 28% | 70% | 82% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Essex council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.