# King James Academy Royston

King James Academy Royston is a all-through school in North Hertfordshire, for pupils aged 9 to 18.

It had 947 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

All-through school. Code E137656. [North Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-hertfordshire)

- Phase: All-through
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 9 to 18
- Pupils: 947
- Council: North Hertfordshire
- URN: 137656

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), April 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 23 April 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 51% of pupils at King James Academy Royston met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at King James Academy Royston was 40.5, against 49.0 in North Hertfordshire and 46.2 in England.
24.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Hertfordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 105 | 105 |

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | North Hertfordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 40.5 | 49.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24.5% | 49.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45.9% | 67.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 98 | – | – |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Icknield Walk First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/icknield-walk-first-school-e117278): 380 m. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- [St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-mary-roman-catholic-primary-school-e138292): 720 m. Primary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Studlands Rise First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/studlands-rise-first-school-e117331): 990 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- [Roman Way Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/roman-way-academy-e147008): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), September 2023
- [Tannery Drift School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tannery-drift-school-e117134): 1.3 km. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137656)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/137656)

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