King James Academy Royston | The Schools Guide

At age 16 (%)

At age 18 (%)

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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King James Academy Royston

Garden Walk, Royston SG8 7JH

https://www.kjar.org.uk/

King James Academy Royston is a non-selective academy. It has about 960 boys and girls aged between 9 and 18. (See here for details of the primary school.) In April 2024 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Representation, Environment, Sixth form and Admissions. Relative weaknesses include Disadvantaged pupils and Attainment.

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Other schools nearby

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Hover over the circles to see school names; click on them to go the corresponding school pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Distance (miles)	Score	Name
2.5		Bassingbourn Village College
2.6		Melbourn Village College
7.2		Freman College
8.9		The Knights Templar School
8.9		Sawston Village College
9.1		Comberton Village College
9.9		Pix Brook Academy
10.1		Trumpington Community College
10.3		Stratton School
10.4		Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology
10.4		Etonbury Academy
10.6		Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport

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Representation: In balance. The socio-economic mix and ethnic representation are both in balance with the local community.

Environment: Excellent. Air pollution, traffic accidents and crime are all very low.

Sixth form: Excellent. Destinations at 18 are excellent.

Admissions: Excellent. The occupancy rate is very low. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Finances: Above average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Destinations: Above average. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is roughly average, while at 18 (allowing for attainment) it is very high.

Progress: Above average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Attendance: Above average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite low.

Attainment: Below average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Disadvantaged pupils: Poor. Progress up to age 16 is about average. Destinations at 16 are poor. There is no information for students aged 16-18.

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