King's Oak Academy
Brook Road, Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 4JT
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION
- Principal
- Katherine Ogden
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Cabot Learning Federation
- Constituency
- Bristol North East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 992
- URN
- 137106
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01179927127
About this school
King's Oak Academy is an all-through academy in Bristol. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 992 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected King's Oak Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 55 | 53 | 51 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 60% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 47% | 72% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 70% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 29% | 66% | 53% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 105.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 121 | 127 | 108 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.9 | 41.6 | 42.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.19 -0.45 to +0.07 | -0.28 -0.53 to -0.03 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 34.6% | 35.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% | 61.4% | 57.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 10% | 13.4% | 22.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How King's Oak Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | South Gloucestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 60.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | South Gloucestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39.9 | 40 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.6 | 38.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42 | 38.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,004 |
| 2023/24 | 1,002 |
| 2024/25 | 993 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How King's Oak Academy compares
King's Oak Academy ranked 13th of 16 secondary schools in South Gloucestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 45% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42 | 8.1% | 27.1% | 992 | — |
| Bradley Stoke Community School | 50.6 | 6.8% | 11.7% | 1,393 | 5.8 miles |
| Bridge Learning Campus | 34.6 | 11.2% | 57.9% | 1,202 | 5.9 miles |
| E-Act Merchants' Academy | 29.5 | 15.3% | 67.3% | 1,018 | 6.5 miles |
| Digitech Studio School | 31.2 | 16.4% | 29.7% | 608 | 0.4 miles |
| Warmley Park School | — | 9.9% | 28.5% | 183 | 0.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.09%
- English as an additional language
- 13.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.14%
- Persistent absence
- 22.93%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bradley Stoke Community School5.8 miles
All-through · Bristol
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Bridge Learning Campus5.9 miles
All-through · Bristol
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E-Act Merchants' Academy6.5 miles
All-through · Bristol
-
Digitech Studio School0.4 miles
Secondary · Bristol
-
Warmley Park School0.4 miles
Special schools · Bristol
Other schools in Bristol
King's Oak Academy ranks 180th of the 198 ranked primary schools in Bristol, and King's Oak Academy ranks 35th of the 44 ranked secondary schools in Bristol.
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Common questions
- What ages does King's Oak Academy teach?
- King's Oak Academy teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is an all-through school in Bristol.
- Who is the principal of King's Oak Academy?
- The principal of King's Oak Academy is Katherine Ogden, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has King's Oak Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected King's Oak Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at King's Oak Academy?
- King's Oak Academy has 992 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is King's Oak Academy full?
- King's Oak Academy has capacity for 1,200 pupils and 992 on roll (83%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is King's Oak Academy a faith school?
- No. King's Oak Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is King's Oak Academy a selective school?
- No. King's Oak Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is King's Oak Academy part of an academy trust?
- King's Oak Academy is part of CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have King's Oak Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 33% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does King's Oak Academy compare with other schools in South Gloucestershire?
- King's Oak Academy ranked 13th of 16 secondary schools in South Gloucestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 45% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is King's Oak Academy's absence rate?
- King's Oak Academy's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are King's Oak Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, King's Oak Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.