Ofsted

View our latest Ofsted report and share your opinion about our school through Parent View.

The school’s last Ofsted inspection took place in December 2024 and it is our pleasure to share with you that Kingswood Academy was rated ‘Outstanding’ for behaviour and attitudes, ‘Outstanding’ for personal development, ‘Outstanding’ for leadership and management and ‘Good’ for quality of education.

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Inspectors commented:

Lift Kingswood “greatly improves the life chances of pupils”.
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One pupil captured the thoughts of many when they said, "It’s magic here!"
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Pupils who attend Lift Kingswood have an “exceptional experience” and achieve very well.
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The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
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Students are highly motivated, benefit from a wide range of activities and opportunities to develop their character and belief in themselves.
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The school has very high expectations for pupils, who teach them to have high aspirations and ‘never give up’.
Pupils are actively encouraged to become involved in the school and influence change.
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Students at Kingswood are “highly motivated”, empathetic and resilient, behave “impeccably well” and “enjoy learning” at school. They “live the values of the school” and have their own high expectations. Pupils develop a “profound moral and ethical code” and celebrate diversity.
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The curriculum is well structured and teachers regularly assess pupils' knowledge in lessons, giving pupils “effective feedback” in order for them to improve.
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Ofsted highlights that pupils “enjoy school and attend regularly” and are offered a wide range of subjects to prepare them for the future.
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Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are “particularly well supported”and these children make excellent progress and are given appropriate guidance.
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Although pupils rarely receive behaviour sanctions, for the small minority of pupils who do, the school’s bespoke ‘Horizons’
support programme is recognised in helping students rapidly improve.
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Reading is a priority at Kingswood, with pupils who are struggling being offered extra support. Oracy, or speaking aloud, is also enhanced by the school’s new approach to reading, with inspectors noting pupils are both articulate in conversation and can talk about complex subject ideas.
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Leaders at all levels are relentless in their desire to improve the school. This has led to many transformational changes, for example in the way they support pupils’ personal development.
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The school actively seeks to engage with the community.
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Staff are positive about workload and the recent refinements made to improve this further.
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Pupils learn the skills to become upstanding members of the community.
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They benefit from a rich array of opportunities that develop their character. Pupils learn how to conquer their fears, work in teams, improve their productivity and believe in themselves.
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Pupils develop traits of empathy and resilience far beyond their age.

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This Ofsted report, along with our 2025 results, show that LIft Kingswood is a truly great school and the national beacon of educational excellence that this community deserves.

Parent View

Parents and carers can give their views of our school at any time of the school year and at the time of a school inspection using an online questionnaire called Parent View. When our school is notified of its next Ofsted inspection, parents will be invited to give their views about the school to inspectors using the Parent View online facility as this has replaced Ofsted’s paper questionnaire. Please make sure we have your most up-to-date contact details. Please register with an email address and a password by clicking below.

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Once your login has been activated, it only takes a few minutes to complete answers to some short questions about aspects such as bullying, the quality of teaching, level of homework, etc. Your views are important in helping inspectors make a decision about our school and to help us know what is going well and what could be improved. If you do not have a computer or an email address or if you would like help to use Parent View, please come into school and ask at reception.