Kings College Guildford
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Guildford, Surrey
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Surrey County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Kings College Guildford is a secondary school in Guildford, Surrey for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 June 2024. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Kings College Guildford 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 7.04 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 1.66 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, whereas in both 2024 and 2025 places ran out and a last distance was published.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 94 first-choice applications for 121 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 27 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Surrey.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Surrey schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Southway, Guildford, GU2 8DU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 593 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils’ achievement and well-being are centre stage at Kings College.”
- “This is a very happy school where pupils learn and achieve well.”
- “When pupils produce exceptional work, they are sent to school leaders, who take the time to pause and reward the efforts made.”
To improve
- “However, too few of them learn a modern foreign language in key stage 4.”
- “This means the number of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) is lower than the government’s ambition.”
- “Leaders have begun to put measures in place to increase pupils’ interest in studying a language but recognise there is still more to do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 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) | 42% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.4 | 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: 94 first-preference applications, 121 offers in total, 94 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 Surrey.
- Guildford County School 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Christ's College, Guildford 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- George Abbot School 2.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic School 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Broadwater School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hoe Valley School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking 5.1 mi Not judged Last distance published