King's Academy Brune Park
Military Road, Gosport, PO12 3BU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- KING'S GROUP ACADEMIES
- Headteacher
- Miss Kerry Payne
- Sponsor
- King's Group
- Constituency
- Gosport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,755
- Pupils on roll
- 1,167
- URN
- 150871
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02392616000
About this school
King's Academy Brune Park is a secondary academy in Gosport. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,167 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Brune Park Community School (URN 144014).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 239 |
| Attainment 8 score | 33.0 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 16.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 36.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 6.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.8 |
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 Academy Brune Park has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
How King's Academy Brune Park compares
King's Academy Brune Park ranked 65th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 24% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33 | 10.6% | 38.9% | 1,167 | — |
| Bridgemary School | 33.8 | 10.7% | 39.3% | 814 | 1.2 miles |
| King's Academy Bay House | 43.8 | 9.3% | 23.6% | 2,036 | 1.7 miles |
| Crofton School | 45.3 | 8.3% | 17.4% | 1,112 | 2.2 miles |
| Portchester Community School | 41.8 | 9.6% | 28.8% | 688 | 2.6 miles |
| Cams Hill School | 52.5 | 7% | 13% | 1,265 | 2.8 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.92%
- English as an additional language
- 4.6%
- Overall absence
- 10.55%
- Persistent absence
- 28.07%
Location
Nearby schools
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Bridgemary School1.2 miles
Secondary · Gosport
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King's Academy Bay House1.7 miles
Secondary · Gosport
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Crofton School2.2 miles
Secondary · Fareham
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Portchester Community School2.6 miles
Secondary · Fareham
-
Cams Hill School2.8 miles
Secondary · Fareham
Other schools in Gosport
- Bridgemary School Secondary
- King's Academy Bay House Secondary
- Haven Early Years Centre Nursery
- Alver Valley Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Alver Valley Junior School Primary
- Alverstoke Church of England Aided Junior School Primary
- Alverstoke Community Infant and Pre-School Primary
- Bedenham Primary School Primary
- Brockhurst Primary School Primary
- Elson Infant School Primary
- Elson Junior School Primary
- Gomer Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does King's Academy Brune Park teach?
- King's Academy Brune Park teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Gosport.
- Who is the headteacher of King's Academy Brune Park?
- The headteacher of King's Academy Brune Park is Miss Kerry Payne, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was King's Academy Brune Park last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected King's Academy Brune Park, 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 King's Academy Brune Park?
- King's Academy Brune Park has 1,167 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is King's Academy Brune Park full?
- King's Academy Brune Park has capacity for 1,755 pupils and 1,167 on roll (66%), 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 Academy Brune Park a faith school?
- No. King's Academy Brune Park has no designated religious character.
- Who runs King's Academy Brune Park?
- King's Academy Brune Park is part of KING'S GROUP ACADEMIES. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does King's Academy Brune Park rank locally?
- King's Academy Brune Park ranked 65th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 24% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% 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 Academy Brune Park's absence rate?
- King's Academy Brune Park's overall absence rate is 10.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are King's Academy Brune Park's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, King's Academy Brune Park'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 10 July 2026.