Kingsdale Foundation School, London

In 2026, pupils at Kingsdale Foundation School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 56.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.7 in Southwark and 47 across England.

62% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 53% in Southwark and 47% in England.

That is down from 59.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.68: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 51, against 58.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 28 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Social Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 964 families put Kingsdale Foundation School as their first choice and 2871 named it as one of their preferences, for 416 places offered. That is 2.3 first choices for every place. 628 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Kingsdale Foundation School are Hillcrest (0.8 miles); The Norwood School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.9); The Elmgreen School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.7); and Sydenham School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53.4).

Kingsdale Foundation School's 2026 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Kingsdale Foundation School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Of the 336 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 10% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 0% into work.

Of the 200 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 60% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 18% into work. 42% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

Kingsdale Foundation School had 201 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Sydenham Hill, about 270 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Church Approach, 300 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 451 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Southwark (1438).

In 2024/25, Kingsdale Foundation School issued 1 suspension, 0 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Kingsdale Foundation School are Dulwich Wood Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Elm Wood School (0.3 miles), Kingswood Primary School (0.4 miles) and Paxton Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.