Kingsway Primary School
Kingsway, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 7FH
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Kingsway Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs S Bradbury
- Constituency
- Ashfield
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 334
- URN
- 122716
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
About this school
Kingsway Primary School was a community primary school in Nottingham. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 334 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Kingsway Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 55 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 95% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 91% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - |
| Maths progress | +2.90 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Kingsway Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Nottinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 69% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 61.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Kingsway Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.9% | 34.7% | 334 | — |
| Kingsway Primary School | 76% | 6.2% | 41.9% | 252 | 0.0 miles |
| Morven Park Primary and Nursery School | 59% | 4.8% | 43.5% | 435 | 0.5 miles |
| Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery | 48% | 8% | 76% | 218 | 0.6 miles |
| The West Park Academy | 68% | 6% | 44.3% | 240 | 0.8 miles |
| Annesley Primary and Nursery School | 68% | 5.5% | 23.4% | 218 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.7%
- English as an additional language
- 6.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.9%
- Persistent absence
- 21.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kingsway Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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Morven Park Primary and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery0.6 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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The West Park Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Annesley Primary and Nursery School0.9 miles
Primary · Nottingham
Other schools in Nottingham
- Abbey Gates Primary School Primary
- Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery Primary
- Abbey Road Primary School Primary
- Albany Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Albany Junior School Primary
- Aldercar Infant School Primary
- Alderman Pounder Infant and Nursery School Primary
- All Hallows CofE Primary School Primary
- Ambleside Primary School Primary
- Annesley Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Academy Primary
- Arnbrook Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Kingsway Primary School teach?
- Kingsway Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Nottingham.
- Has Kingsway Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Kingsway Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Kingsway Primary School?
- Kingsway Primary School had 334 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Kingsway Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Kingsway Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingsway Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2023.