Kingsdown School | |
Coordinates: | 51.592°N -1.759°W |
Motto: | Innovative Education - Traditional Values |
Established: | 1932 |
Religious Affiliation: | Christian |
Head Label: | Headteacher |
Head: | Emma Leigh-Bennett[1] |
Chair Label: | Chair of Governors |
Chair: | Lynn Scragg |
Address: | Hyde Road, Stratton St Margaret |
Country: | England |
Postcode: | SN2 7SH |
Ofsted: | yes |
Dfeno: | 866/5407 |
Urn: | 145139 |
Enrolment: | 942 |
Enrolment As Of: | November 2023[2] |
Lower Age: | 11 |
Upper Age: | 16 |
Gender: | Mixed |
Houses: | Stanton, Lydiard and Coate |
Kingsdown School is a mixed secondary school with academy status in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. In its February 2020 Ofsted report, it was rated 'Good'.[3]
In August 2019 the school was at the centre of a county lines investigation by Wiltshire Police, with 40 pupils suspected of being involved in the supply of cannabis and cocaine and girls as young as 14 being coerced into sexual activity in exchange for drugs.[4] [5]