Kingsbury Primary School, Tamworth

Ofsted's report card from its 10 February 2026 inspection grades Kingsbury Primary School on 7 areas: 2 needs attention and 5 urgent improvement. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Needs attention. "Leaders have shaped a curriculum that reflects the areas of learning within the early years foundation stage."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "The school provides a personal development programme that reflects its values."

Achievement - Urgent improvement. "Pupils do not make the progress they should through the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Urgent improvement. "Leaders' work to improve attendance has not had enough impact."

Curriculum and teaching - Urgent improvement. "Leaders do not have an accurate understanding of how well the curriculum is working."

Inclusion - Urgent improvement. "Leaders have not reduced key barriers to pupils' learning or wellbeing successfully enough."

Leadership and governance - Urgent improvement. "Leaders do not have a clear or accurate understanding of the school's strengths and weaknesses."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Governors must equip themselves with the knowledge and skills required to fulfil their statutory duties and to hold leaders to account for the quality of education across the school"; "Leaders and governors should strengthen their mechanisms to evaluate the impact of their work, including their work around inclusion, so that they can take timely and effective action to address the school's urgent weaknesses"; "Leaders should implement effective systems to identify and assess any barriers to pupils' learning, including any special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), so that staff receive the information that they need to support them appropriately"; "Leaders should ensure that staff have the subject knowledge, expertise and guidance needed to deliver the curriculum effectively so pupils, including those with SEND, learn successfully and achieve well"; "Leaders should develop a strategic approach to analysing patterns of absence, in order to take consistent, effective action that rapidly reduces persistent absenteeism"; "Leaders should ensure the curriculum for personal, social, health and economic education is coherently sequenced so that knowledge builds progressively across year groups, helping pupils to develop secure understanding over time"; "Leaders should ensure that staff in the early years use information about children's starting points to plan purposeful interactions that develop vocabulary, deepen understanding and strengthen early language and communication".

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at Kingsbury Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 59% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 74% in Warwickshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 59% in reading and 76% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 24 families put Kingsbury Primary School as their first choice and 46 named it as one of their preferences, for 24 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Kingsbury Primary School are Kingsbury Primary School (under 0.1 miles); Wood End Primary School (1.8 miles, Good, 69% reading, 63% maths); Hurley Primary School (2 miles, Good, 48% reading, 48% maths); and Dosthill Primary School (2.1 miles, Requires improvement, 78% reading, 72% maths).

Kingsbury Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

31 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Kingsbury Primary School (as of April 2026): 84% would recommend the school, 81% say their child is happy there and 67% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (87%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (65%).

3.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Wilnecote (Staffs) Rail Station, about 3 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Barlow Court (adjacent), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 15 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, public order offences and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88).

In 2024/25, Kingsbury Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.