Kingsbury Academy
Kingsbury Road, Coventry, CV6 1PJ
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THRIVE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Mr Amjid Zaman
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Thrive Education Partnership
- Constituency
- Coventry North West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 105
- URN
- 139911
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02476594952
About this school
Kingsbury Academy is a special academy in Coventry. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 105 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 | 19 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -6.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.40 | - | - |
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 Kingsbury Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Coventry average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 52.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 54.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 56.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 101 |
| 2023/24 | 99 |
| 2024/25 | 102 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.2%
- English as an additional language
- 34.3%
- Overall absence
- 7.03%
- Persistent absence
- 18.63%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sherbourne Fields School0.3 miles
Special schools · Coventry
-
Bablake School1.3 miles
Independent schools
-
Inspired Pathways1.4 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Coventry
-
Coventry University2.1 miles
Universities · Coventry
-
King Henry VIII School2.1 miles
Independent schools
Other schools in Coventry
- Ashcroft School Special schools
- Baginton Fields Academy Academies
- Castle Wood Special School Special schools
- Corley Academy Academies
- Coventry Alternative Provision Academy Academies
- Exhall Grange Specialist School Special schools
- Inspired Pathways Local authority maintained schools
- Park View Special schools
- Riverbank School Academies
- Sherbourne Fields School Special schools
- The Warwickshire Academy Free Schools
- Tiverton School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Kingsbury Academy teach?
- Kingsbury Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a special school in Coventry.
- Who is the headteacher of Kingsbury Academy?
- The headteacher of Kingsbury Academy is Mr Amjid Zaman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Kingsbury Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kingsbury Academy, 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 Academy?
- Kingsbury Academy has 105 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Kingsbury Academy full?
- Kingsbury Academy has capacity for 120 pupils and 105 on roll (88%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Kingsbury Academy a faith school?
- No. Kingsbury Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Kingsbury Academy?
- Kingsbury Academy is part of THRIVE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Kingsbury Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Kingsbury Academy's absence rate?
- Kingsbury Academy's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kingsbury Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingsbury Academy'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.