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Name of School: King’s College School, Cambridge

Address: West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DN

Telephone Number: 01223 365814

Head: Mrs Yvette Day 

Chair of Governors: The Revd Dr Stephen Cherry

Chair’s address for
correspondence: Chair of Governors, King’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1ST

Telephone Number: 01223 331100

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Based on an historic foundation of musical excellence, King’s College School is a flexible and inclusive academic environment. We are a caring, family-based community in which all children are respected and valued. We prepare them, as individuals, to be confident in a future with exceptional possibilities.

OUR ETHOS

The School is committed to Christian values, in accordance with its foundation, but welcomes pupils from all faiths and backgrounds. The fostering of tolerance and respect are among the main aims of the School. To help foster those aims, the School promotes the values of Kindness, Creativity, Strength, Community.

POLICIES
COMPLAINTS

Our Complaints Policy details the various stages of our formal procedure. In the academic year 2024-2025 there were no formal complaints registered.

INSPECTION REPORT 2023


King’s College School Inspection Report 2023

Key findings

3.1 The quality of the pupils’ academic and other achievements is
excellent.

  • Pupils display an excellent level of knowledge across the range of subjects and apply this successfully to new situations.
  • Pupils are confident verbally both in and out of lessons; they listen carefully to each other and produce excellent written work.
  • Pupils demonstrate high–level skills of learning, analysing set tasks successfully and then moving on to present their conclusions logically.
  • Pupils across the school achieve excellence in music, both as individuals and in ensembles.
  • Pupils demonstrate a highly positive approach to their learning and
    involve     themselves fully, both independently and collaboratively.

 3.2 The quality of the pupils’ personal development is excellent.

    • Pupils are highly confident young people and develop the strength of character to deal with the challenges of demanding schedules.
    • Pupils display an excellent understanding of how they should behave individually and are very caring of each other.
    • Pupils are highly aware of the diversity of their community and show genuine respect for their differences, treating diversity as something that is perfectly normal.
    • Pupils show a strong awareness of others and are extremely effective in the way in which they work together, such as in sport and music.

INSPECTION REPORT 2026

As part of the regular cycle of visits to independent schools, King’s College School was inspected in January 2026. The inspection framework includes focus on compliance with the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014 (ISSRs), the National Minimum Standards for Boarding 2022, and the requirements of the Early Years Statutory Framework.

The emphasis under the new framework, no longer gives single-word judgements such as Excellent, Good, or Outstanding. Instead, the focus is now entirely on whether the standards are met. Inspectors consider the key areas of the school’s provision, including: the quality of education; pupils’ personal development; leadership and management; and compliance with statutory standards. The resulting report is a narrative of their findings constructed over the three days of their visit, highlighting particular strengths, and identifying areas that would benefit from further refinement.

The inspection found King’s College School, Cambridge  to have met all of the standards forming the focus of the inspection:

  • Leadership, management and governance
  • Quality of education, training and recreation
  • Pupils’ physical and mental health and emotional wellbeing
  • Pupils’ social and economic education and contribution to society
  • Safeguarding

Highlights from the 2026 report include:

“An environment centred around the promotion of the school’s values of ‘kindness, creativity, strength and community’”

“Pupils are encouraged to pursue their interests through hard work and commitment in order to become confident and curious individuals”


King’s College School Inspection Report 2026

PRIVACY NOTICES

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Academic year 2024-2025

56% of our Year 8 pupils achieved one or more scholarships to Senior Schools:

Scholarships

Achieved
(% of Year 8 cohort)

Accepted
(% of Year 8 cohort)

Academic

34%

13%

Music

25%

16%

Sports

5%

2%

Art

7%

2%

STEM

4%

4%