Kingsbury Primary School

Kingsbury Primary School is currently under considerable scrutiny as it has been placed under special measures due to notable deficiencies in providing an acceptable standard of education. Many pupils struggle with foundational skills in communication, reading, writing, and number, which has led to poor outcomes, particularly among disadvantaged students. The school’s leadership has not demonstrated the capacity to secure necessary improvements, which raises significant concerns about the school's ability to support its pupils effectively. Despite these challenges, the safeguarding standards are met, and staff maintain positive relationships with students. The school has made strides in early years education but still has much work to do regarding the consistent delivery of its curriculum and ensuring that teaching aligns with children's developmental needs. Personal development programs are in place, but these lack coherence and fail to build knowledge progressively across year groups. With many areas needing urgent improvement, including attendance, behavior, and curriculum structure, the school faces a critical juncture in its development trajectory.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met, ensuring a safe environment for pupils.
• Positive relationships between staff and students contribute to a welcoming atmosphere.
• Effective communication with parents helps them support their children's learning at home.

Areas for Improvement

• The school requires special measures due to failing to provide an acceptable standard of education.
• Inconsistent curriculum delivery in early years fails to prepare children adequately for reading and writing.
• Weaknesses in the personal development curriculum result in uneven knowledge retention among pupils.
• Attendance rates are low, with a significant number of students regularly missing school.
• Pupils do not achieve the expected standards in core subjects like reading, writing, and mathematics.

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 Kingsbury Primary School attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.5% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Kingsbury 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 Kingsbury Primary School had 21.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.2% 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, 16.5% of pupils at Kingsbury Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% 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 Kingsbury Primary School received £7,479 and spent £7,247 for each of its 206 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £193,000 (£937 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 Kingsbury Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kingsbury Primary School is Urgent improvement, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Kingsbury Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kingsbury Primary School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Kingsbury Primary School have?

Kingsbury Primary School has 206 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kingsbury Primary School cover?

Kingsbury Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kingsbury Primary School?

Kingsbury Primary School is at Bromage Avenue, Kingsbury, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B78 2HW.