Kingswood Primary School

What Kingswood Primary School does

Kingswood Primary School is a UK state-funded primary school located on Abbey Street in the village of Kingswood, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. It provides primary education to children aged 4–11 across four class stages: Ruby (Reception), Emerald (Years 1–2), Sapphire (Years 3–4), and Amethyst (Years 5–6), with a Published Admissions Number of 17 per year group and a potential total capacity of 119 pupils. Curriculum delivery covers core subjects (English, Maths, Science), creative arts, French, Forest School outdoor learning using a dedicated site behind the community orchard, and whole-class brass instrument lessons, supplemented by extracurricular clubs such as the Crazy Kids of Kingswood student newspaper.

The school's core technology infrastructure is a Juniper Education-hosted website platform used as the primary information hub for prospective and current families, alongside ParentPay for transactional interactions, email newsletters, a Headteacher Blog, and Facebook and Instagram social channels. The institution does not develop proprietary software; its technology footprint is limited to standard sector tools.

Commercially, the school operates within the UK state education funding model, with revenue derived primarily from per-pupil government funding administered through Gloucestershire County Council, supplemented by ancillary fee income from the Dragonflies wrap-around care service. Admissions are managed centrally by the local authority for Reception intake, with in-year applications handled directly by school administration. Leadership comprises Headteacher Mrs Wendy Collins, School Business Manager Mrs Julie Pearcey, and Chair of Governors Mr Michael Brown.

Name

Kingswood Primary School

Legal name

Kingswood Primary School

Website

https://kingswoodprimaryschool.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kingswood Primary School is a UK state-funded primary school in the village of Kingswood, Gloucestershire, serving up to 119 pupils aged 4–11 across Reception through Year 6, funded via Gloucestershire County Council per-pupil grants and supplemented by wrap-around care fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Primary education
• Wrap-around childcare
• Forest school learning
• Special educational needs
• Primary schooling

Headquarters

HQ city

Wotton-under-Edge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kingswood Primary School is a UK state-funded primary school delivering education to children aged 4-11 (Reception through Year 6), with a Published Admissions Number of 17 per year group. The school offers a full primary curriculum organised across four class stages (Ruby, Emerald, Sapphire, Amethyst), supplemented by Forest School outdoor learning, SEND support, and the Dragonflies wrap-around care service for working families.

Product overview

Kingswood Primary School offers a comprehensive primary education program across four class-based stages: Ruby (Reception), Emerald (Years 1-2), Sapphire (Years 3-4), and Amethyst (Years 5-6). The school provides a broad curriculum including core subjects (English, Maths, Science), creative arts (Art, Music, Dance, Drama), Forest School outdoor education, and French language instruction. Supporting services include Dragonflies wrap-around childcare, Forest School programs, and the Crazy Kids of Kingswood student newspaper.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ruby - Reception Early years foundation stage program for children in Reception, featuring curriculum areas including Fine Motor Skills, Maths, Phonics, Reading, and Starting School. Designed for children joining primary school at age 4.
• Emerald - Years 1&2 Lower Key Stage 1 program for Years 1 and 2, covering English, Maths, Phonics and Spelling, Reading, Forest School, and Homework.
• Sapphire - Years 3&4 Lower Key Stage 2 program for Years 3 and 4, featuring Knowledge Organisers, Extended Learning, Maths, Homework, French, and Spelling.
• Amethyst - Years 5&6 Upper Key Stage 2 program for Years 5 and 6, covering Maths Homework, Spelling Homework, English, Reading, and Knowledge Organisers.
• Forest School Outdoor learning program using the school's forest school site behind the community orchard by KLB, providing environmental and experiential education for pupils.
• Dragonflies Wrap-Around Care Before and after school childcare service providing wrap-around care for working parents of pupils at the school.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Forest Green RoversminorOthers · 7 May 2025Year 6 pupil George was awarded Primary School Ambassador of the Year by Forest Green Rovers football club, recognising his contributions as a school ambassador.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Premier Education: UK provider of before/after-school wrap-around childcare, holiday clubs, and sport/activity programmes to primary schools. Comparable to the Dragonflies wrap-around care service Kingswood operates, representing the scaled commercial model of the same activity.
• Forest Green Rovers FC: Local professional football club based near Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. Listed as a recognised community partner of Kingswood Primary (awarding its Primary Ambassador of the Year to a Year 6 pupil), making it a relevant ecosystem/community-stakeholder peer rather than a direct competitor.
• Juniper Education: UK education services company whose website platform powers Kingswood Primary's site, and which provides MIS, safeguarding, and school management software to primary schools. Relevant as a key technology/operating partner and benchmark for the broader primary school services ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Oasis Community Learning: National multi-academy trust operating primary, secondary, and all-through academies across England. Relevant peer given Kingswood's potential path to formalise as an academy under a larger trust sponsor for operational scale.
• Academies Enterprise Trust (AET): Large multi-academy trust operating primary and secondary academies across England. Comparable as a sponsor option and benchmark for what scaled primary academy operations look like versus a standalone village school.
• GLF Schools: Large multi-academy trust operating numerous primary and secondary schools across southern England, including schools in the South West. Comparable as the kind of larger organisational structure that Kingswood could potentially join to share back-office, SEND, and curriculum resources.
• United Learning: Large multi-academy trust running state-funded and independent schools nationally. Comparable as a structural peer representing the consolidated end of the UK state school market that standalone primaries may need to join to remain viable.

Direct peers

• Cam Woodfield Junior School: State primary school serving the neighbouring Cam area in Gloucestershire. Comparable as a similarly-sized rural primary operating under the same Gloucestershire County Council admissions framework and serving a comparable demographic of village/semi-rural families.
• Katharine Lady Berkeley's School: State-funded secondary school located adjacent to Kingswood Primary in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. Most directly comparable as it shares the same catchment community and is the natural secondary destination for Kingswood's Year 6 leavers, with pupils using shared local facilities referenced on Kingswood's site.
• Blue Coat CofE Primary School: State primary school in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, in direct competition with Kingswood for Reception applicants from the same town and surrounding villages under the same local authority admissions framework.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kingswood-primary-school

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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