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Kingswood Primary School

Primary · Kingswood · GL12 8RN

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 30 November 2022

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At a glance

108 pupils · 91% of 119 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
17.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.kingswoodprimaryschool.co.uk/
URN
115529

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 8 families named it first for 8 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2016 entry went to 0.26 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 15 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 30 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

8 places offered · 8 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2016 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.26 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

15 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
40%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
98
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school40%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
Gloucestershire average61.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury · 52 miles awayNeeds attention33%
Elveden Church of England Primary AcademyThetford · 139 miles awayOutstanding57%
Aston Rowant Church of England Primary SchoolWatlington · 61 miles awayGood40%
Padbury Church of England SchoolBuckingham · 65 miles awayStrong standard94%
Ringshall SchoolStowmarket · 147 miles awayGood88%
St Augustine's CofE Primary SchoolHaywards Heath · 109 miles awayGood75%
Avening Primary SchoolTetbury · 9 miles awayExpected standard56%
Stallingborough CofE Primary SchoolGrimsby · 164 miles awayGood55%
Wix and Wrabness Primary SchoolManningtree · 151 miles awayGood83%
Hemsby Primary SchoolGreat Yarmouth · 187 miles awayGood (2016)45%
Kingswood Primary SchoolMaidstone · 132 miles awayGood58%
Whiteparish All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury · 53 miles awayGood73%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Gloucestershire 76%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (Gloucestershire 6%, England 7%) · Black African 2% (Gloucestershire 3%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Gloucestershire 3%, England 4%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Gloucestershire: 3.19 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,358; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,860
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 2% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £11,075; in-year balance -£73,357

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81.1%62.3%
Social housing7.7%17.1%
Privately rented11%20.5%
Detached houses45.2%22.9%
Flats3.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms45.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022381 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£354,00056 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£279,000–£481,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (13)£540,000
Semi-detached (24)£354,000
Terraced (16)£292,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.42 km, 2016 entry): 41 sales, median £341,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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