Kings Cross Academy, London

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils at Kings Cross Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 56% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 85% and 84% in Camden and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 62% in reading and 56% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 47 families put Kings Cross Academy as their first choice and 108 named it as one of their preferences, for 57 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Kings Cross Academy are Abacus Belsize Primary School (0.2 miles, Outstanding, 95% reading, 84% maths); Edith Neville Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 79% reading, 88% maths); Richard Cobden Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 83% reading, 78% maths); and St Mary and St Pancras Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 83% reading, 79% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Kings Cross Academy.

Kings Cross Academy is run by its own single-school academy trust.

49.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 40.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Mixed (26%), White British (26%) and Black (13%).

In 2026, 112 pupils (28.1%) received SEN support and 18 (4.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Kings Cross Academy had 25 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest Underground station is King's Cross St. Pancras Underground Station, about 480 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Randell's Road, 290 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 2355 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Camden (1254), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Kings Cross Academy issued 6 suspensions, 1.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Kings Cross Academy are Regent High School (0.3 miles), Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJ (0.6 miles), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School (0.7 miles) and The Camden School for Girls (0.7 miles).