Schools in Kingston upon Thames
64 schools in the Kingston upon Thames local authority.
Schools
64
Open schools
Pupils
30,572
2025–26 census
Good or better
96%
45 of 47 graded
Academic Performance
6.9
out of 10 · 51 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 13 28%
- Good
- 32 68%
- Requires improvement
- 2 4%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
4 inspected since 2024, no overall grade4 superseded by a report card13 not judged
6.9
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 51 of 64 schools that can be scored
Pupils
30,572
pupils on roll
Boys 48%52% Girls
Roll from 63 of 64 schools (30,572 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
54%Asian
18%Black
3%Mixed
14%Chinese
4%Any other group
6%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 52 of 64 schools (26,513 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 15.9%
- First language not English
- 34.0%
- Young carers
- 1.9%
4,223 of 26,513 pupils · 52 of 64 schools
9,017 of 26,513 pupils · 52 of 64 schools
498 of 26,391 pupils · 51 of 64 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 38
- Secondary
- 14
- All-through
- 2
- Special
- 5
- Nursery
- 1
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 3
Top primary schools in Kingston upon Thames
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Alexandra Primary SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.Coombe Hill Junior SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 3.Fern Hill Primary SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 4.St Andrew's and St Mark's CofE Junior SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 5.Burlington Infant and Nursery SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 6.Tolworth Infant and Nursery SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 7.Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary8.8/10Good
- 8.Latchmere SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary8.8/10Good
- 9.St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary8.6/10Good
- 10.Burlington Junior SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary8.5/10Good
- 11.Christ Church New Malden CofE Primary SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary8.3/10Good
- 12.Knollmead Primary SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary8.3/10
- 13.St Agatha's Catholic Primary SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary8.3/10Good
- 14.St Paul's CofE Primary School, Kingston HillKingston upon Thames · Primary8.2/10Good
- 15.Tolworth Junior SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary8.2/10
- 16.St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary8.1/10Good
- 17.Green Lane Primary and Nursery SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary7.7/10Good
- 18.St John's C of E Primary SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary7.4/10Good
- 19.Ellingham Primary SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary6.5/10Good
- 20.Malden Manor Primary and Nursery SchoolKingston upon Thames · Primary6.5/10Good
Top secondary schools in Kingston upon Thames
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.The Tiffin Girls' SchoolKingston upon Thames · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Richard Challoner SchoolKingston upon Thames · Secondary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.The Kingston AcademyKingston upon Thames · Secondary9.9/10Outstanding
- 4.Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth FormKingston upon Thames · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 5.Tiffin SchoolKingston upon Thames · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 6.The Holy Cross SchoolKingston upon Thames · Secondary8.8/10Good
- 7.Coombe Boys' SchoolKingston upon Thames · Secondary8.6/10Good
- 8.Coombe Girls' SchoolKingston upon Thames · Secondary8.5/10Good
- 9.The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form CentreKingston upon Thames · Secondary8.3/10Good
- 10.Southborough High SchoolKingston upon Thames · Secondary6.9/10Good
- 11.Chessington SchoolKingston upon Thames · Secondary3.5/10Good
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About schools in Kingston upon Thames
- How many schools are there in Kingston upon Thames?
- Kingston upon Thames has 64 open schools — 38 primary, 14 secondary, 5 special, 1 nursery, teaching 30,572 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Kingston upon Thames are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 45 of the 47 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 96% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 13 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 64: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Kingston upon Thames?
- 6.9 out of 10, averaged across the 51 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Kingston upon Thames schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 17 schools in Kingston upon Thames currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Kingston upon Thames local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Kingston upon Thames covers 64 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Kingston upon Thames are eligible for free school meals?
- 15.9% — 4,223 of 26,513 pupils at the 52 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the London region.