Kingswood Primary School

Kingswood Primary School is a good school where pupils feel safe, enjoy learning and show courtesy and consideration. Inspectors found high ambitions and a broad, balanced curriculum, with pupils achieving well in national assessments. Reading is a particular strength: children start phonics early, books are matched to sounds, and struggling readers get effective support. Pupils also benefit from a wide extra-curricular offer, leadership roles and well-planned personal development, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school has appropriately identified pupils with SEND and works with families and external agencies to support them, though in a few subjects teaching does not consistently focus on the most important knowledge or adapt the curriculum well enough for pupils with SEND. As a result, some pupils do not build securely on prior learning and misconceptions are not tackled quickly enough. Behaviour is generally good and lessons are rarely disrupted, but behaviour and attendance policies are at an early stage of implementation, leading to some inconsistency and continued concern about attendance and persistent absence. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic. It is part of the Gipsy Hill Federation and has experienced recent leadership transition, including a change in the local governing body and a move to a single site; leaders and governors have worked effectively to maintain standards during this period.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and know their trusted adults.
• Pupils behave well, show courtesy and lessons are rarely disrupted.
• The curriculum is broad and balanced with high ambitions for pupils.
• Pupils achieve well in national assessments.
• Reading is well taught, with early phonics and effective support for struggling readers.
• Pupils with SEND are appropriately identified and supported in an inclusive environment.
• Pupils benefit from varied extra-curricular clubs and leadership roles.
• Personal development is well planned, including online safety and appreciation of different faiths and cultures.
• Staff feel supported by leaders, with workload and well-being considered.
• Governors fulfil their statutory duties and have helped maintain standards during transition.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, teaching does not consistently focus on the most important knowledge and skills.
• Some pupils, including pupils with SEND, do not build securely on prior learning because misconceptions are not addressed quickly enough.
• Curriculum adaptations are occasionally not supporting pupils with SEND to access the curriculum.
• Behaviour and attendance policies are in the early stages of implementation and are applied inconsistently.
• Attendance and persistent absence remain an area of focus.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Kingswood Primary School attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.4% of pupils at Kingswood Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Kingswood Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 22.1% of pupils at Kingswood Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Kingswood Primary School received £12,402 and spent £13,848 for each of its 357 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £1,427,000 (-£3,997 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Kingswood Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kingswood Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Kingswood Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kingswood Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Kingswood Primary School have?

Kingswood Primary School has 362 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kingswood Primary School cover?

Kingswood Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Kingswood Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kingswood Primary School?

Kingswood Primary School is at Gipsy Road, London, SE27 9RD.