King James Academy Royston
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Royston, SG8 7JH
- Distance
- 4.2km away
Melbourn Village College
The Moor, Melbourn, Royston, SG8 6EF
Local ranking32nd of 34 secondary schools in Cambridgeshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
740
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 13 May 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 13 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 108
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 585
- Boys
- 289 (52%)
- Girls
- 270 (48%)
- Capacity
- 740 (76% full)
- SEND
- 12.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.1%
- EAL
- 5.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.2%
- SEN Support
- 5.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,236/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.0%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
87.0%
White British
5.0%
White Other
1.9%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137527
- UKPRN
- 10035041
- Establishment No.
- 4040
- Trust
- THE CAM ACADEMY TRUST
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