I'm a current first year student doing Pharmacy at King's.
I'm not quite sure what it is you're asking when you want to know how good the course is, and having not studied in UCLsop or any other Pharmacy school I cannot compare King's to any other schools.
Also what I understand about the course of Pharmacy is that the GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) primarily dictates what are the basics that are to be taught on the course and it is up to the University to decide how it is going to be taught and what subjects and experiences they can include on the course to aid in the student's learning experience.
What I can say is that in the first year, King's breaks the mould of teaching that many students are used to. Rather than spoon feed your information, they make you think for yourself and understand and internalise topics and subject matter in order that you for you to be able to apply them to the real world, rather than memorise facts in order to pass exams.
To many students, this may seem as though they have been chucked in the deep end and left to fend for themselves, however they are putting you in a controlled environment ready to face life and the many difficulties you will find in the real world. One aspect of the course that I have just finished is working together with students from medicine and nursing. This is under IPE (Interprofessional Education) which in the up coming years will also include dentistry, physiotherapy and nutrition students.
Based on the criteria set by the GPhC, the main focus would have to be the people teaching you, and you can be assured that the staff are willing to help you as long as you are first willing to help yourself. The staff are primarily pharmacists and those that work in the field of drug research. From what I deduce, their fields of expertise are normally from the hospital and industry settings. Though to my knowledge, all have also worked in community. Together with Pharmacists, the other members of staff, (from what I have read on their backgrounds and may or may not remember correctly from what they say), come from a variety of other backgrounds and even universities. With some having come from Cambridge University, UCL, LSOP (before it joined UCL), Imperial and even other leading universities from countries such as France, Germany and the US. Other than pharmacists there are biochemists, chemists (as in chemistry graduates), nutritionists, engineers (chemical) and a number of people from other professions that are teaching on the course. Most if not all of whom have also taught (from what I believe) in other pharmacy schools in the country and in various universities around the world.
To add to the staff, is the fact that King's will be undertaking the drugs testing for the London 2012 Olympics. I believe the school has sought the use of the testing facilities of Glaxosmithkline in order to be able to handle the amount of samples that will be involved. I'm not sure if an undergraduate will be direct experience of it, but anything that is learnt from this experience and many of the aspects covered in research by King's is also made available to the students through optional lectures and seminars.
I'm not sure what you have heard or what sort of reputation Pharmacy at King's College has in your mind, but what I heard was that it was a tough. Something I can readily agree with, however if you take studying seriously, not only manage but plan your time well and use all the resources available to you, Pharmacy at King's (or the first year at least because that is my only experience so far) will be an interesting and challenging experience into the world of pharmacy, and the various other disciplines that interconnect with it, and about you (because due to the speed, volume and amount of time required of you to understand the information given to you, you'll learn a lot about yourself).