King's College London Maths School

About King's College London Maths School

Parents considering King’s College London Maths School will find a highly sought-after institution. The school is significantly oversubscribed, with 156 pupils on roll against a capacity of just 140, indicating strong demand for its specialist maths and science focus. While the Department for Education’s Parent View data is not provided here, the oversubscription ratio alone signals that families are actively choosing this school over others in Lambeth. The school is a state-funded, mixed sixth-form for ages 16 to 19, with no religious character, and is led by headteacher Timothy Bateup. Its location in Lambeth places it within a competitive local secondary landscape, where only four of 23 schools are rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding school, Oasis Academy South Bank, is just 0.3 km away, but King’s College London Maths School’s specialist status and academic results clearly set it apart for families prioritising advanced maths and science pathways.

Academically, the school’s performance is exceptional. In its most recent A-level data for the 2023/24 academic year, 97.1% of entries achieved grades AAB or higher, and the average points per entry was 56.11, equivalent to an A* grade. The best three A-levels averaged 57.5 points, also at an A* level. The school’s Progress 8 score for A-levels is 0.78, with a confidence interval of 0.63 to 0.93, placing it in the ‘well above average’ banding. This is a remarkable achievement compared with the local authority average Progress 8 score of just 0.07 for all schools. With 71 pupils in the cohort, the school demonstrates that its specialist focus delivers consistently high outcomes, far outstripping typical Lambeth state school performance. The value-added score confirms that students make significantly more progress than similar students nationally, making this a standout choice for academically ambitious families.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including science labs, a library, music rooms, art studios, a theatre, and a sixth-form centre, alongside playing fields and a chapel. Sports provision includes rowing, athletics, dance, martial arts, hockey, cross country, and badminton, while clubs cover coding, Model UN, Young Enterprise, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, and more. SEND provisions are in place for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, autistic spectrum disorder, social and emotional mental health needs, physical disabilities, and other difficulties. This suggests the school can support a range of additional needs, though its specialist academic focus means it is best suited to students who are already high-attaining in maths and science and who thrive in a rigorous, subject-specialist environment. Families should be prepared for a competitive admissions process, given the oversubscription, and should check the school’s own entry criteria for its sixth-form courses.

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