Kingshurst Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Birmingham, Solihull·B37 6BN
Composite score
39.2
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National rank
#1213
In West Midlands
#48
In Solihull
Top 76%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
58 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
130
any preference, for 59 places

Every child who put Kingshurst Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
474
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
65.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,306
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Kingshurst Primary School is a primary school serving Birmingham, Solihull, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 474 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Kingshurst Primary School 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Kingshurst Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 58 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 66% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Kingshurst Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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