UK Schools
The King's School
The King's School is a mixed independent school in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Council, teaching 1,170 pupils aged 4 to 19. The 2025–2026 school year runs from 24 October 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The King's School.
- 1 Staff Development Day
- 2 Staff Development Day
- 3 Y7 & Y12 Students Return
- 4 All Students Return
- 24 Term Ends
- 27–31 Half Term
- 3 Students Return
- 18 Term Ends
- 19–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–6 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 7 Students Return
- 13 Term Ends
- 16–20 Half Term
- 23 Students Return
- 26 Term Ends
- 27–31 Easter Break
- 27–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Break
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 Students Return
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (May Day)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 Term Ends
- 25–29 Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 Students Return
- 17 Term Ends
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Development Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Staff Development Day Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Y7 & Y12 Students Return Sep 3, 2025 Event
- All Students Return Sep 4, 2025 Event
- Term Ends Oct 24, 2025 Term
- Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Students Return Nov 3, 2025 Event
- Term Ends Dec 18, 2025 Term
- Students Return Jan 7, 2026 Event
- Term Ends Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Students Return Feb 23, 2026 Event
- Term Ends Mar 26, 2026 Term
- Easter Break Mar 27-Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Students Return Apr 13, 2026 Event
- Early May Bank Holiday (May Day) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Term Ends May 22, 2026 Term
- Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Students Return Jun 1, 2026 Event
- Term Ends Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 19, 2025 - Jan 6, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 27 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 18 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
Independent schools mostly enter international GCSEs, which the DfE does not count in Attainment 8 or the English and maths measures. The GCSE figures below will look far lower than a state school’s and are not comparable with them.
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The King's School with Cheshire West and Chester Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 19.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Cheshire West and Chester Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 46.48 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Cheshire West and Chester Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for The King's School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The King's School than to any other school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.