Kingdown School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Warminster, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
17.378 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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Kingdown School is a secondary school in Warminster, Wiltshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 November 2022. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
Kingdown 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 | 17.378 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 17.378 miles away, the 7th longest of 28 Wiltshire secondary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- In 2026, Year 7 had 195 first-choice applications for 203 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 30% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 42.8 (England 46).
- There are 15.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.3 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wiltshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wiltshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Woodcock Road, Warminster, BA12 9DR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,347 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Kingdown School appreciate the high expectations the school has of them, and most rise to meet them.”
- “Pupils and students in the sixth form know that their teachers want the very best for them.”
- “The school motto ‘believe, aspire, achieve’ is evident in everything that the school does.”
To improve
- “Sometimes teachers’ use of assessment does not check whether pupils have understood an idea or method.”
- “This means that teaching is not always suitably adapted.”
- “Following the return of all pupils to school after the national lockdowns, leaders quickly identified that some pupils struggled to manage their own behaviour.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 December 2022 (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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
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: 195 first-preference applications, 203 offers in total, 195 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 Wiltshire.
- Matravers School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Clarendon Academy 7.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The John of Gaunt School 8.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic College 8.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Lavington School 9.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Laurence School 11.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Melksham Oak Community School 11.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Devizes School 12.8 mi Not judged Last distance published