UK. Assessment In 2011, Rated as 'Good' by Ofsted. In 2017, the school was subject to its latest regular, independent inspection. The inspection team praised the "outstanding academic results" and the pupils' integrity, self-assurance, and "generosity of spirit". According to the Good Schools Guide, the school is "Highly successful, producing excellent results". The Guide also stated that "You need to be creative, academically able and hard-working, as everything moves fast here." Academic results In 2019, 54% of pupils scored A*-A for their A-Levels examination, and in 2022, 72% scored A*-A for their GCSEs. Houses There are 16 houses at King's, 13 boarding and 3 day. Most are named after past headmasters or people of interest in the school's history, with the exception of School House, The Grange and Carlyon. The Houses of the School are: School House: founded 1860 (boys boarding) The Grange: founded 1928, moved to a new building in 2007 (boys boarding) Walpole: founded 1935, (girls boarding). Named after the novelist Sir Hugh Walpole (KS 1896–98) Meister Omers: founded 1936, (boys boarding). Marlowe: founded 1936, (mixed day). Named after the poet and dramatist Christopher Marlowe (KS 1579–81) Luxmoore: founded 1945, (girls boarding). Named after Sir Arthur Fairfax Coryndon Luxmoore (KS 1889–93), Lord Justice of Appeal Galpin's: founded 1952, (boys boarding). Named after The Reverend Arthur Galpin, Headmaster from 1897–1910. Linacre: founded 1953, (boys boarding). Named after Thomas Linacre, founder of the Royal College of Physicians Broughton: founded 1976, (girls boarding). Named after William Broughton (KS 1797–1804), the first Bishop of Australia Tradescant: founded 1976, (boys boarding). Named after John Tradescant (KS 1619–23), the distinguished gardener and collector. Mitchinson's: founded 1982, (mixed day). Named after John Mitchinson, Headmaster 1859–73 and co-founder of the Headmasters' Conference. Jervis: founded 1992, (girls boarding). Named after Douglas Jervis OKS Harvey: founded 1996, (girls boarding). Named after William Harvey physician, who first determined the systemic circulation of the blood (KS 1588–92) Bailey: first founded 1990, (sixth form girls boarding). Named after Henry Bailey, second warden of St Augustine's College between 1850 and 1875 and an honorary Canon of the Cathedral Carlyon: founded 2005, (mixed day). Named after evacuation of the School to Carlyon Bay in Cornwall during the Second World War Lady Kingsdown House: founded 2015, (girls boarding). Named after Lady Kingsdown, Governor Emerita Facilities The Beerling Hall: Music and Drama Facility, part of the 13th-century friary, endowed by the late Donald Beerling and