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Academy sponsor led · Camden

Kings Cross Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 399Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 140686URN

Plimsoll Building, 4 Wollstonecraft Street, London, N1C 4BT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMay 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jul 2023
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.9 below Camden median (2.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Camden

108 applications for 57 places · 34th of 36 in Camden
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
52%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMay 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jul 2023

Inspection history

  1. 13 July 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 9 May 2018
    Graded inspection: Good

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
1.9applications per place, Reception
0.9 below Camden median (2.8) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

108 applications · 57 places offered · 47 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Camden median median 2.8
  2. 2025 2.3; Camden median median 3.1
  3. 2024 2.2; Camden median median 2.9
  4. 2023 2.3; Camden median median 2.9
  5. 2022 2.7; Camden median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.7; Camden median median 3.0
  7. 2020 2.9; Camden median median 3.3
  8. 2019 3.1; Camden median median 3.4
  9. 2018 2.8; Camden median median 3.4
  10. 2017 3.1; Camden median median 3.2
  11. 2016 3.3; Camden median median 3.5
  12. 2015 2.8; Camden median median 4.1
More applications per place than the Camden median in 1 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Camden median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 2026571081.9470.82
Sep 2025601362.3590.98
Sep 2024551232.2410.75
Sep 2023601392.3560.93
Sep 2022601632.7560.93
Sep 2021601602.7631.05
Sep 2020591732.9821.39
Sep 2019601863.1801.33
Sep 2018601662.8751.25
Sep 2017591833.1711.20
Sep 2016601953.3691.15
Sep 2015601682.8490.82

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 76% · Maths 56% → all three 52% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard52%35th of 38 in Camden
Reading
Expected standard78%
Higher standard39%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard76%
Greater depth11%
Maths
Expected standard56%
Higher standard19%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Camden median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2552%7%106102
2023/2444%2%103100
2022/2367%9%108104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140686 · 202/2002
Trust
King's Cross Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
446 pupils · 399 on roll
Free school meals
50.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2015
Address
Plimsoll Building, 4 Wollstonecraft Street, London, N1C 4BT
Local authority
Camden

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources