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Kingsmead School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,427Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 142313URN

Kings Avenue, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 1DH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
close to Staffordshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

494 applications for 254 places · 19th of 48 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.9of 90
13th of 56 in Staffordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 March 2026Published 10 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 March 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 1 December 2021
    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, Year 7
close to Staffordshire median (1.8) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

494 applications · 254 places offered · 285 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median

Dashed bars: as Kingsmead School (URN 124397), the previous school.

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 20262544941.92851.12
Sep 20252604981.93151.21
Sep 20242565492.13831.50
Sep 20232584651.83171.23
Sep 20222984331.52960.99
Sep 20212483921.62400.97
Sep 20202283281.42210.97
Sep 20192293621.62190.96
Sep 20182203681.71970.90
Sep 20172062871.41640.80
Sep 20161793191.81670.93
Sep 2015 *1863201.71790.96
Sep 2014 *2143361.62120.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

226 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.913th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths37%33rd of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.44
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22646.937%58%–
2024/2521548.540%67%–
2023/2421151.347%75%+0.44
2022/2318853.155%76%+0.70

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

Schools nearby

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

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

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
142313 · 860/4070
Trust
John Taylor MAT
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,257 pupils · 1,427 on roll
Free school meals
18.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2015
Replaced
Kingsmead School (URN 124397)
Address
Kings Avenue, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 1DH
Local authority
Staffordshire · Cannock Chase

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