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Kings Rise Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Hornsey Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham B44 0JL · kingsrise.org · 0121 464 4635
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Birmingham 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 428
- 93% of 459 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 65%
- First language not English
- 32.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 33 families put the school first and 34 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 36 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 37 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 36 | 32 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Birmingham it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Kings Rise Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
60% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (20 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 60%
- Replies
- 20
- 5% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 55% who had a child bullied