Kingsbury Primary School

About Kingsbury Primary School

Kingsbury Primary School is a state primary for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, and it is clearly a popular choice among local families. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 61 applications for just 30 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.03. Of those 61 applicants, 38 put Kingsbury as their first preference, and all 30 places were offered to first-preference families. This level of demand suggests strong parent confidence, though it is worth noting that the school does not have a formal parent-view survey result to back that up directly. The school is currently rated Requires Improvement by Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in June 2023, a downgrade from its previous Good rating in 2017. However, the Ofsted breakdown shows several areas still rated Good, including early years provision, personal development, and behaviour and attitudes. The headteacher is K Hanson, and the school has no religious character.

Academically, Kingsbury’s Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year paint a mixed picture. Just 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is well below the Warwickshire local authority average of 62%. This places the school 17th out of 21 primary schools in the North Warwickshire area, and in the bottom 50% nationally. Looking at individual subjects, 76% of pupils reached the expected standard in maths and 82% in writing, but reading was weaker at 59%. The proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard in all three areas was very low: 3% in reading, writing and maths combined, 12% in maths, 15% in reading, and just 3% in writing. Progress scores are not available, so it is difficult to say how much value the school adds. A quarter of pupils (25.7%) are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average and may be a factor in the results.

The school offers a solid range of facilities for a primary of its size, including a library, sports hall, ICT suite, forest school, music rooms, art studios, and even a chapel. There is a sensory room, which will be particularly useful given the school’s SEND provisions for moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication difficulties, and autistic spectrum disorder. Sports on offer include tennis, athletics, dance, cross country, netball, football and cricket, and there are clubs for drama, choir, coding, chess and book club. The school is not oversubscribed to the point of being impossible to get into, but with a ratio of 2.03, families applying from outside the immediate catchment should be prepared for competition. Kingsbury is best suited to families who value a broad range of facilities and SEND support, and who are comfortable with a school that is currently in an improvement phase under a new Ofsted rating.

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