Kingdown School
Woodcock Road, Warminster, BA12 9DR
1,347 pupils · 81% of 1,668 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- ACORN EDUCATION TRUST
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.3%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 2 November 2022, published 15 December 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 42.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 29.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 56.1% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 18.9% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 203 | 195 | 238 | 202 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 213 | 203 | 245 | 208 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 222 | 212 | 267 | 219 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 199 | 190 | 247 | 198 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 222 | 212 | 268 | 221 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 223 | 214 | 339 | 223 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 222 | 211 | 287 | 220 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 250 | 234 | 316 | 249 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Matravers School 6.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Frome Community College 11.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- The Clarendon Academy 12.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- The John of Gaunt School 13.3 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Augustine's Catholic College 13.4 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Lavington School 15.4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.