Kingsbury Green Academy
White Horse Way, Calne, SN11 8YH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- ASCEND LEARNING TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Nicola Bull
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,340
- Pupils on roll
- 1,077
- URN
- 137650
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01249818100
About this school
Kingsbury Green Academy is a secondary academy in Calne. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,077 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 139 | 142 | 162 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.0 | 41.4 | 39.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.33 -0.57 to -0.09 | -0.24 -0.47 to 0.00 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 40.8% | 29.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 64.1% | 48.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 38% | 31% | 29% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
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 Kingsbury Green 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 | Wiltshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 41 | 38.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.4 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.6 | 36.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 954 |
| 2023/24 | 1,033 |
| 2024/25 | 1,059 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kingsbury Green Academy compares
Kingsbury Green Academy ranked 23rd of 26 secondary schools in Wiltshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.6 | 10.4% | 25% | 1,077 | — |
| Abbeyfield School | — | — | — | 902 | 4.2 miles |
| Devizes School | 45.3 | 9.9% | 23.1% | 947 | 5.4 miles |
| Sheldon School | 45.2 | 10.5% | 19.3% | 1,467 | 6.2 miles |
| Hardenhuish School | 47.5 | 8.2% | 15.1% | 1,519 | 6.3 miles |
| Melksham Oak Community School | 41.4 | 11% | 23.8% | 1,058 | 6.8 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
-
Graded inspection report14 April 2026
- 27 April 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.97%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
- Overall absence
- 10.37%
- Persistent absence
- 27.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Abbeyfield School4.2 miles
Secondary · Chippenham
-
Devizes School5.4 miles
Secondary · Devizes
-
Sheldon School6.2 miles
Secondary · Chippenham
-
Hardenhuish School6.3 miles
Secondary · Chippenham
-
Melksham Oak Community School6.8 miles
Secondary · Melksham
Other schools in Calne
- Cherhill CofE School Primary
- Derry Hill Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Fynamore Primary School Primary
- Heddington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hilmarton Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy Primary
- Marden Vale CofE Academy Primary
- Priestley Primary School Primary
- Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
- The Springfields Academy Academies
- St Marys Calne and St Margarets Prep Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Kingsbury Green Academy teach?
- Kingsbury Green Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Calne.
- Who is the principal of Kingsbury Green Academy?
- The principal of Kingsbury Green Academy is Mrs Nicola Bull, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Kingsbury Green Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kingsbury Green 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 big is Kingsbury Green Academy?
- Kingsbury Green Academy has 1,077 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Kingsbury Green Academy full?
- Kingsbury Green Academy has capacity for 1,340 pupils and 1,077 on roll (80%), 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 Kingsbury Green Academy a faith school?
- No. Kingsbury Green Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Kingsbury Green Academy a selective school?
- No. Kingsbury Green Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Kingsbury Green Academy?
- Kingsbury Green Academy is part of ASCEND LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Kingsbury Green Academy have?
- The schools register lists Kingsbury Green Academy's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Kingsbury Green Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 41 in 2022/23 and 39.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kingsbury Green Academy rank locally?
- Kingsbury Green Academy ranked 23rd of 26 secondary schools in Wiltshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kingsbury Green Academy's absence rate?
- Kingsbury Green Academy's overall absence rate is 10.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kingsbury Green Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingsbury Green 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 15 July 2026.