Kings' School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Winchester, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
52.48 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kings' School is a secondary school in Winchester, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Kings' School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 52.48 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 52.48 miles away, the longest of the 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was further than in 2025 and 2019, and the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- There were 318 first-choice applications for 373 Year 7 offers in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 55 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 65% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Hampshire secondary schools.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Romsey Road, Winchester, SO22 5PN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,737 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel incredibly proud to be a part of the Kings’ School community.”
- “They recognise the very high expectations of their achievement and behaviour.”
- “They work hard to meet these, knowing that they have the full support of staff.”
To improve
- “However, the same is not true for disadvantaged pupils, particularly those eligible for free school meals.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 65% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 57.8 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 318 first-preference applications, 373 offers in total, 318 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Henry Beaufort School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thornden School 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Crestwood Community School 5.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Toynbee School 5.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wyvern College 7.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Mountbatten School 7.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Danebury School 7.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Perins School 8.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published