King James's School is a secondary school located in Knaresborough. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 02/12/2011. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.9%, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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King James Road, Knaresborough

School Information

Address: King James Road, Knaresborough, HG5 8EB
Website: http://www.king-james.co.uk/
Telephone: 01423866061
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: North Yorkshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Carl A Sugden
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 121687

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 02/12/2011

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1705
Number of Pupils: 1579
Number of Boys: 827
Number of Girls: 752

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.39 Confidence interval 0.23 to 0.54
Of the 258 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 252 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:28%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:59%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:52.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.55
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Aspin Park Academy
Wetherby Road , HG5 8LQ 		4out of 4 566 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School
Stockwell Road , HG5 0JN 		- not rated 691 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic Academy
Tentergate Road , HG5 9BG 		3out of 4 1,259 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Meadowside Academy
Halfpenny Lane , HG5 0SL 		4out of 4 1,298 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Starbeck Primary Academy
High Street , Starbeck HG2 7LL 		3out of 4 2,587 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
King James's School
King James Road , HG5 8EB 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Forest School
Park Lane , HG5 0DQ 		- not rated 989 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
Springwater School
High Street , Starbeck HG2 7LW 		4out of 4 2,544 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Henshaws College
Bogs Lane , HG1 4ED 		- not rated 3,201 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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