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Kingsdale Foundation School

  • 11–19Ages
  • 2,550Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136309URN

Alleyn Park, Dulwich, London, SE21 8SQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
6.9per place
3.8 above Southwark median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Southwark

2,871 applications for 416 places · 1st of 18 in Southwark
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
56.9of 90
5th of 20 in Southwark
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 28 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
6.9applications per place, Year 7
3.8 above Southwark median (3.1) 4.7 above England median (2.2)

2,871 applications · 416 places offered · 964 named it first

  1. 2026 6.9; Southwark median median 3.1
  2. 2025 6.4; Southwark median median 3.1
  3. 2024 6.9; Southwark median median 3.1
  4. 2023 7.1; Southwark median median 3.2
  5. 2022 7.1; Southwark median median 3.1
  6. 2021 7.1; Southwark median median 3.1
  7. 2020 8.1; Southwark median median 3.2
  8. 2019 7.9; Southwark median median 3.3
  9. 2018 7.2; Southwark median median 3.4
  10. 2017 5.3; Southwark median median 3.1
  11. 2016 6.1; Southwark median median 2.8
  12. 2015 7.8; Southwark median median 2.8
  13. 2014 6.1; Southwark median median 3.2
More applications per place than the Southwark median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Southwark median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20264162,8716.99642.32
Sep 20254322,7796.49652.23
Sep 20244202,8786.91,0272.45
Sep 20233892,7717.19332.40
Sep 20223932,8077.19842.50
Sep 20213902,7597.11,0322.65
Sep 20203913,1718.11,2133.10
Sep 20193903,0977.91,1833.03
Sep 20183902,7947.21,1182.87
Sep 20173902,0495.36221.59
Sep 20163562,1736.16971.96
Sep 20152371,8457.85922.50
Sep 20142361,4486.14021.70

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

431 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)56.95th of 20 in Southwark
Grade 5 or above in English and maths62%5th of 20 in Southwark
Grade 4 or above in English and maths80%
  • This school
  • Southwark median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.68
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)43156.962%80%–
2024/2542959.967%86%–
2023/2433666.782%92%+0.68
2022/2343059.567%82%+0.10

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136309 · 210/4265
Trust
The Kingsdale Foundation
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
2,455 pupils · 2,550 on roll
Free school meals
20.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2010
Replaced
Kingsdale Foundation School (URN 100844)
Address
Alleyn Park, Dulwich, London, SE21 8SQ
Local authority
Southwark

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources