Kingsbury Primary School
Bromage Avenue, Kingsbury, Tamworth, B78 2HW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs K Hanson
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 206
- URN
- 134924
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01827872275
About this school
Kingsbury Primary School is a community primary school in Tamworth. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 206 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 50 | 34 | 46 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | 47% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 3% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 59% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 62% | 76% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 71% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.10 | - | - |
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 Kingsbury 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 | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 54% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 256 |
| 2023/24 | 239 |
| 2024/25 | 226 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kingsbury Primary School compares
Kingsbury Primary School ranked 117th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54% | 7.5% | 25.7% | 206 | — |
| Wood End Primary School | 50% | 6.4% | 31% | 175 | 1.8 miles |
| Hurley Primary School | 38% | 4.9% | 32.3% | 191 | 2.0 miles |
| Dosthill Primary School | 66% | 4.4% | 13.6% | 468 | 2.1 miles |
| Heathfields Infant Academy | — | 5.7% | 15.2% | 199 | 2.5 miles |
| Manor Primary Academy | 73% | 4.4% | 10.3% | 90 | 2.5 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report10 February 2026
- 20 June 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.66%
- English as an additional language
- 2.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.47%
- Persistent absence
- 21.46%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wood End Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Atherstone
-
Hurley Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Atherstone
-
Dosthill Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Heathfields Infant Academy2.5 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Manor Primary Academy2.5 miles
Primary · Tamworth
Other schools in Tamworth
Kingsbury Primary School ranks 25th of the 34 ranked primary schools in Tamworth.
- Amington Heath Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Anker Valley Primary Academy Primary
- Ankermoor Primary Academy Primary
- Ashcroft Infants' School Primary
- Birchwood Primary School Primary
- Bird's Bush Primary School Primary
- Coton Green Primary School Primary
- Dordon Primary School Primary
- Dosthill Primary School Primary
- Dunstall Park Primary School Primary
- Flax Hill Junior Academy Primary
- Florendine Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Kingsbury Primary School teach?
- Kingsbury Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Tamworth.
- Who is the headteacher of Kingsbury Primary School?
- The headteacher of Kingsbury Primary School is Mrs K Hanson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Kingsbury Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kingsbury Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Kingsbury Primary School?
- Kingsbury Primary School has 206 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Kingsbury Primary School full?
- Kingsbury Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 206 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Kingsbury Primary School a faith school?
- No. Kingsbury Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Kingsbury Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Kingsbury Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Kingsbury Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 44% in 2022/23 and 54% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kingsbury Primary School rank locally?
- Kingsbury Primary School ranked 117th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kingsbury Primary School's absence rate?
- Kingsbury Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kingsbury Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingsbury 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 1 July 2026.