Kingsway Primary School

Kingsway Primary School is a larger-than-average primary school with a nursery and enhanced provision. Inspected in June 2026, it performs strongly overall: early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing are all graded strong standard, while achievement, attendance and behaviour, and curriculum and teaching are graded expected standard. Safeguarding standards are met. The school's notable strengths include a highly inclusive ethos, early identification and effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, a well-sequenced early years curriculum, and strong leadership and governance. Despite significant staff turnover, leaders have maintained improving standards through effective professional development. Pupils behave well, benefit from a rich personal development programme, and achieve attainment in line with or above national averages by the end of key stage 2. Concerns remain around a small but notable minority of disadvantaged pupils who are routinely absent, and persistent absence is above the national average. In a few foundation subjects, teaching is not consistently optimised, which limits deeper understanding and means curriculum intent does not always translate fully into impact. The next steps focus on improving disadvantaged pupils' attendance and ensuring greater consistency in teaching across the remaining foundation subjects.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive culture that identifies and supports barriers to learning and wellbeing swiftly
• Strong early years provision with a well-sequenced, inclusive curriculum
• Effective early identification and support for children with SEND, including tailored provision
• Strong leadership and governance with knowledgeable governors providing robust challenge
• Successful management of significant staff turnover, maintaining improving standards
• Coherent professional learning programme aligned with school improvement priorities
• Rich personal development and wellbeing programme with progressive experiences
• Pupils behave well, are polite, and lessons are calm with little disruption
• Effective phonics and reading provision with materials matched to pupils' knowledge
• Pupils with SEND are fully integrated and learn the same curriculum as their peers
• Pastoral care is highly responsive and well coordinated
• Pupils develop independence, resilience, and teamwork through wider opportunities
• KS2 attainment in reading, writing and mathematics is in line with or above national average
• Overall attendance has improved for the second consecutive year
• Staff feel well supported and valued, with a culture of professional trust
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open and positive culture

Areas for Improvement

• A small but notable minority of disadvantaged pupils are routinely absent
• Persistent absence remains above the national average
• Teaching is not consistently optimised in a few foundation subjects
• In some subjects, pupils are not well-supported to extend their thinking and deepen understanding
• Variation in teaching choices means curriculum intent does not always translate into impact in a few subjects
• Disadvantaged pupils' outcomes, while broadly in line nationally, still show a gap, particularly in reading 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 Kingsway Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.6% 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, 4.4% of pupils at Kingsway Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Kingsway Primary School had 24.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.8% 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, 20.9% of pupils at Kingsway Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.1% 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 Kingsway Primary School received £7,266 and spent £7,358 for each of its 443 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £15,000 (£35 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 Kingsway Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kingsway Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Kingsway Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kingsway Primary School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Kingsway Primary School have?

Kingsway Primary School has 444 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kingsway Primary School cover?

Kingsway Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kingsway Primary School?

Kingsway Primary School is at Valley Gardens, Kingsway, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 2AR.