Kingsway Community Primary School
Baker Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV31 3HB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- COMMUNITY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Sara Hartshorn
- Sponsor
- Community Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 179
- URN
- 145853
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01926426896
About this school
Kingsway Community Primary School is a primary academy in Leamington Spa. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 179 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Kingsway Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 30 | 32 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 47% | 32% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 56% | 48% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 69% | 42% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 66% | 52% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - | - |
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 Community 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 | 41% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 32% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 181 |
| 2023/24 | 200 |
| 2024/25 | 203 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kingsway Community Primary School compares
Kingsway Community Primary School ranked 159th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32% | 9.4% | 41.4% | 179 | — |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 192 | 0.1 miles |
| Shrubland Street Community Primary School | 69% | 4.6% | 15.1% | 226 | 0.4 miles |
| Clapham Terrace Community Primary School and Nursery | — | — | — | 226 | 0.7 miles |
| Whitnash Primary School | 84% | 5.3% | 26.3% | 413 | 0.7 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 79% | 3% | 6.6% | 104 | 0.7 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.38%
- English as an additional language
- 38.9%
- Overall absence
- 9.4%
- Persistent absence
- 29.76%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
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Shrubland Street Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
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Clapham Terrace Community Primary School and Nursery0.7 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
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Whitnash Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
-
St Peter's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leamington Spa
Other schools in Leamington Spa
Kingsway Community Primary School ranks 19th of the 19 ranked primary schools in Leamington Spa.
- Bishops Tachbrook CofE Primary School Primary
- Briar Hill Infant School Primary
- Brookhurst Primary School Primary
- Clapham Terrace Community Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Cubbington CofE Primary School Primary
- Harbury CofE Primary School Primary
- Lighthorne Heath Primary School Primary
- Lillington Primary School Primary
- Milverton Primary School Primary
- Our Lady and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Radford Semele CofE Primary School Primary
- Shrubland Street Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Kingsway Community Primary School teach?
- Kingsway Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Leamington Spa.
- Who is the headteacher of Kingsway Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Kingsway Community Primary School is Miss Sara Hartshorn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Kingsway Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kingsway Community 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 many pupils are at Kingsway Community Primary School?
- Kingsway Community Primary School has 179 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Kingsway Community Primary School full?
- Kingsway Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 179 on roll (85%), 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 Kingsway Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Kingsway Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Kingsway Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Kingsway Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Kingsway Community Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Kingsway Community Primary School is part of COMMUNITY ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Kingsway Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 41% in 2022/23 and 32% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kingsway Community Primary School compare with other schools in Warwickshire?
- Kingsway Community Primary School ranked 159th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kingsway Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Kingsway Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 9.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kingsway Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingsway Community 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 10 July 2026.