Kingsley 2026
Outstanding Achievements
Nurturing wellbeing: Achieving success
Sport
ISA National Champions
U14 Rugby Sevens — unbeaten run to the national title, defeating Finborough School in the final
- Football - Ferdinand Collective Rise Team, Under 18 - 3rd in AOC College League
- Swimming gold, silver & bronze — Olympic pool, London
- Elise set a new ISA national relay record
- ISA Athletics Finals — Commonwealth Games stadium
- 2 teams in national gymnastics finals
- 10 runners at national cross country finals
- Year 7 & 9 girls' netball — tournament champions
- Judo medals at regional and national level
- Students representing GB, England, Scotland & Wales
—Surf Academy
UK's only Surfing England School of Excellence
Nominated Surf School of the Year for the second consecutive year
- Nominated Surf School of the Year — results announced September 2026
- Willow: 3rd at EuroKids vs Europe's best, nominated UK U18 Female Surfer of the Year
- Lily: nominated Female Longboarder of the Year
- Elite coaching trip to France
- Students shaped their own surfboards
—Expeditions
Ten Tors & Beyond
35 & 45-mile challenges across Dartmoor, fully independently over two days
- 35 students trained; 18 selected for Ten Tors, 4 for Jubilee Challenge
- 5 training walks + 2 camping weekends
- Year 8 team: outstanding 3rd place at Exmoor
- Duke of Edinburgh qualifying expeditions
—Earth Centre
Year 9 Diploma — first ever cohort
First students to complete all three years of the Kingsley Earth Centre Diploma
- Belvoir pond restoration & re-wilding
- Aquaponics systems designed from scratch
- Students secured competitive environmental funding
- On-site produce used by hospitality students
- River testing, beach cleans, farm visits
- External moderators praised curriculum complexity
—STEM
From the classroom to space
Raspberry Pi systems programmed for the International Space Station
- Bionic hands designed and built
- Autonomous vehicles built and tested
- CO₂-powered race cars
- Edible water bottles tackling plastic pollution
- Cyber security projects & Chemistry Olympiad
—Arts
Mary Poppins — full school production
Complete with a student band formed especially for the show
- First ever joint prep & senior musical ensembles
- Artwork exhibited at Burton Art Gallery & Museum
- National monologue competition entries
- Workshops with visiting artists & theatre professionals
- Concerts, open mic evenings & showcase performances
—Coastal Adventures
The coast is the curriculum
From Year 1 — surfing, kayaking, climbing, paddleboarding, skateboarding built into school life
- Confidence in the water across every year group
- Real challenge situations that build courage
- The only UK school to embed coastal adventure across the full curriculum
—Inclusion
Sport and opportunity for all
Hundreds of students representing the school across 9+ sports
- SEND Boccia & multi-sport competitions
- Development fixtures and festivals for all abilities
- Girls' sport participation growing significantly
—Boarding Life
A home from home
Highly experienced staff creating a warm, welcoming environment for all boarders
- Exciting trips to Bath, London, Safari Park and beyond
- Outdoor adventures — sand dune surfing, paddleboarding and horse riding
- Paintballing and surfing in and out of school
- Home from home environment with highly experienced staff