Kingshurst Primary School
School Close, Kingshurst, Birmingham, B37 6BN
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Kingshurst Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Kelly Hunter
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 493
- URN
- 135139
- Local authority
- Solihull
About this school
Kingshurst Primary School was a community primary school in Birmingham. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 493 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Kingshurst Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2007, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 54 | 73 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 56% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - |
| Writing progress | +2.10 | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - |
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 Kingshurst 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 | Solihull average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 62.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 485 |
| 2023/24 | 493 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kingshurst Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.8% | 64.7% | 493 | — |
| Kingshurst Primary School | 55% | 7.3% | 65.6% | 459 | 0.0 miles |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School | 73% | 5.3% | 35.7% | 253 | 0.3 miles |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School | 57% | 6.4% | 50% | 200 | 0.4 miles |
| Yorkswood Primary School | 46% | 10.3% | 64.1% | 375 | 0.5 miles |
| Smith's Wood Primary Academy | 82% | 5.2% | 53.1% | 445 | 0.5 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.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 64.7%
- English as an additional language
- 8.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.8%
- Persistent absence
- 22%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kingshurst Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Yorkswood Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Smith's Wood Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
- Abbey Catholic Primary School Primary
- Acocks Green Primary School Primary
- Adderley Primary School Primary
- Al-Furqan Primary School Primary
- Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy Primary
- Allens Croft Primary School Primary
- Alston Primary School Primary
- Anderton Park Primary School Primary
- Anglesey Primary School Primary
- Arden Primary School Primary
- Ark Tindal Primary Academy Primary
- Aston Tower Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Kingshurst Primary School teach?
- Kingshurst Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Birmingham.
- Has Kingshurst Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Kingshurst 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 Kingshurst Primary School?
- Kingshurst Primary School had 493 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Kingshurst Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Kingshurst Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingshurst 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 August 2024.