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Sowe Valley Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 210Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 103671URN

Princethorpe Way, Coventry, CV3 2QX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.1per place
1.0 above Coventry median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Coventry

92 applications for 30 places · 3rd of 83 in Coventry
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
62%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 April 2026Published 14 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 14 April 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 4 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
3.1applications per place, Reception
1.0 above Coventry median (2.1) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

92 applications · 30 places offered · 32 named it first

  1. 2026 3.1; Coventry median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.9; Coventry median median 2.1
  3. 2024 3.2; Coventry median median 2.2
  4. 2023 4.3; Coventry median median 2.1
  5. 2022 2.6; Coventry median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.9; Coventry median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.7; Coventry median median 2.0
  8. 2019 3.6; Coventry median median 2.1
  9. 2018 2.9; Coventry median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.7; Coventry median median 2.2
  11. 2016 3.0; Coventry median median 2.2
  12. 2015 4.0; Coventry median median 2.2
  13. 2014 3.2; Coventry median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Coventry median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Coventry median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202630923.1321.07
Sep 202530882.9301.00
Sep 202425793.2200.80
Sep 202320854.3180.90
Sep 202230792.6290.97
Sep 202119552.9180.95
Sep 202029792.7280.97
Sep 201921753.6211.00
Sep 201823662.9220.96
Sep 201729782.7230.79
Sep 201630913.0260.87
Sep 201524964.0160.67
Sep 201429933.2160.55

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 66% · Writing 72% · Maths 69% → all three 62% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard62%39th of 82 in Coventry
Reading
Expected standard66%
Higher standard17%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard72%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard69%
Higher standard17%
Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Coventry median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2562%3%102101
2023/2450%3%103103
2022/2359%7%103103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
103671 · 331/2118
Capacity
210 pupils · 210 on roll
Free school meals
38.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Princethorpe Way, Coventry, CV3 2QX
Local authority
Coventry

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources