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King's Academy Binfield

All-through · Bracknell · RG42 4FS

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 November 2022

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At a glance

1,500 pupils · 81% of 1,850 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
3–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
9.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
11.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.kgabinfield.uk
URN
145892

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 169 families named it first for 164 Year 7 places, 1.03 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 1.766 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 3 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 1 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.28 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 77 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.03 first-choice applications per place

164 places offered · 169 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.516 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.516 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.766 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 6 (Designated Area)
1.28 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

GCSE results (2024/2025)

177 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
48.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
70.6%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
48.6%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.5
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C
29.5
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school48.6
Median of its 12 closest peers51
Bracknell Forest average47.5
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Samuel Whitbread AcademyShefford · 47 miles awayGood46.7
Hinchley Wood SchoolEsher · 19 miles awayOutstanding64.5
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form CollegeSwindon · 44 miles awayGood53.5
Robert May's SchoolHook · 14 miles awayGood48.3
Vyners SchoolUxbridge · 16 miles awayOutstanding (2019)53.5
Hayes SchoolBromley · 35 miles awayOutstanding54.8
Beauchamps High SchoolWickford · 58 miles awayGood48.1
The Westgate SchoolWinchester · 34 miles awayOutstanding59.8
Tytherington SchoolMacclesfield · 140 miles awayExpected standard50.1
Kennet SchoolThatcham · 20 miles awayGood46.5
Cockermouth SchoolCockermouth · 248 miles awayGood51.9
Sandbach SchoolSandbach · 137 miles awayGood48.2

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
24 of 40 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 68% (Bracknell Forest 68%, England 59%) · Any other White background 6% (Bracknell Forest 8%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Bracknell Forest 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 4% (Bracknell Forest 3%, England 4%) · Not recorded 3% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Bracknell Forest 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bracknell Forest 2%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Bracknell Forest 3%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Bracknell Forest 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

18.36 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bracknell Forest: 22.35 suspensions and 0.05 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

73.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,995; 5.4% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,205
Typical all-through school£7,789

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 78% (78%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 1% (4%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £2,354,000; in-year balance +£1,126,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
95%
Continuing in education
92%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
3%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work50.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.6%62.3%
Social housing10.7%17.1%
Privately rented10.7%20.5%
Detached houses45.5%22.9%
Flats3.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms37%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016188 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£431,000326 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£325,000–£569,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (95)£620,000
Semi-detached (72)£475,000
Terraced (86)£369,500
Flat (73)£245,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (2.84 km, 2021 entry): 1,861 sales, median £426,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.83 km, 2026 entry): 273 sales, median £420,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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