Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry195 applications · 101 places offered · 95 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Warwickshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.0; Warwickshire median median 2.5
- 2024 2.0; Warwickshire median median 2.4
- 2023 2.1; Warwickshire median median 2.5
- 2022 1.8; Warwickshire median median 2.1
- 2021 1.7; Warwickshire median median 2.0
- 2020 1.5; Warwickshire median median 2.0
- 2019 1.6; Warwickshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; Warwickshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.7; Warwickshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Warwickshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Warwickshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Warwickshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Warwickshire median
Dashed bars: as Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy (URN 141744), Kingsbury School, A Specialist Science College with Mathematics (URN 125735), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 101 | 195 | 1.9 | 95 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 115 | 228 | 2.0 | 107 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 125 | 254 | 2.0 | 110 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2023 | 133 | 283 | 2.1 | 140 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 138 | 248 | 1.8 | 130 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 130 | 218 | 1.7 | 116 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 | 139 | 211 | 1.5 | 124 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 139 | 220 | 1.6 | 144 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2018 | 125 | 216 | 1.7 | 150 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2017 * | 125 | 213 | 1.7 | 130 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2016 * | 145 | 237 | 1.6 | 153 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2015 * | 138 | 221 | 1.6 | 133 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 * | 133 | 185 | 1.4 | 133 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 118 | 43.3 | 43% | 66% | – |
| 2024/25 | 128 | 37.4 | 27% | 55% | – |
| 2023/24 | 150 | 43.2 | 46% | 62% | −0.19 |
| 2022/23 | 140 | 40.3 | 36% | 54% | −0.33 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.9applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · StaffordshireGood20221.7applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 35.3Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · WarwickshireGood20231.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 7.5 km · Staffordshire20261.5applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 7.6 km · BirminghamGood20236.9applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · BirminghamGood20245.5applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · SolihullRemains Good20232.4applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · StaffordshireGood20222.2applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145019 · 937/4012
- Trust
- Castle Phoenix Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 630 pupils · 604 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2016
- Replaced
- Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy (URN 141744); Kingsbury School, A Specialist Science College with Mathematics (URN 125735)
- Address
- Tamworth Road, Kingsbury, Kingsbury School, Kingsbury, B78 2LF
- Local authority
- Warwickshire · North Warwickshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources