Free schools · Coventry

Sidney Stringer Primary Academy

4–11Ages
416Pupils
PrimaryPhase
141938URN

Bath Street, Coventry, CV1 5GU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.8per place

0.7 above Coventry median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Coventry

167 applications for 60 places · 10th of 83 in Coventry

Every year since 2016

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

69%met the expected standard

Coventry 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 18 November 2025Published 15 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard
Inclusion		Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching		Strong standard
Achievement		Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour		Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Strong standard
Early years		Strong standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Strong 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

18 November 2025
Report card · 7 Strong standard
29 February 2024
Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)

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

2.8applications per place, Reception

0.7 above Coventry median (2.1) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

167 applications · 60 places offered · 71 named it first

2026 2.8; Coventry median median 2.1
2025 3.2; Coventry median median 2.1
2024 3.0; Coventry median median 2.2
2023 2.7; Coventry median median 2.1
2022 2.7; Coventry median median 2.0
2021 2.5; Coventry median median 2.0
2020 2.5; Coventry median median 2.0
2019 2.7; Coventry median median 2.1
2018 2.2; Coventry median median 2.0
2017 2.2; Coventry median median 2.2
2016 2.1; Coventry median median 2.2

More applications per place than the Coventry median in 10 of 11 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	60	167	2.8	71	1.18
Sep 2025	59	186	3.2	95	1.61
Sep 2024	60	177	3.0	102	1.70
Sep 2023	60	161	2.7	94	1.57
Sep 2022	60	161	2.7	87	1.45
Sep 2021	60	150	2.5	90	1.50
Sep 2020	60	151	2.5	85	1.42
Sep 2019	60	159	2.7	87	1.45
Sep 2018	60	129	2.2	75	1.25
Sep 2017	54	118	2.2	52	0.96
Sep 2016	59	122	2.1	55	0.93

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 74% · Maths 79% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%16th of 82 in Coventry

Coventry 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard83%

Coventry 74% England 78%

Higher standard33%

Coventry 31% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard74%

Coventry 72% England 75%

Greater depth7%

Coventry 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard79%

Coventry 73% England 77%

Higher standard17%

Coventry 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Coventry median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	69%	5%	106	105
2023/24	66%	5%	107	106
2022/23	74%	3%	107	105

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

Sidney Stringer Primary AcademyThis school
This school

2025

2.8applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School
0.4 km · Coventry

Good2023

2.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
John Gulson Primary School
0.5 km · Coventry

Good2024

2.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Southfields Primary School
0.7 km · Coventry

Good2022

2.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Frederick Bird Academy
1.0 km · Coventry

Requires improvement2023

1.9applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
Broad Heath Community Primary School
1.2 km · Coventry

2026

1.7applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
St Osburg's Catholic Primary School
1.2 km · Coventry

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Gosford Park Primary School
1.4 km · Coventry

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.4applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
Radford Primary Academy
1.4 km · Coventry

Good2022

2.1applications per place 52%met the SATs standard

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: Free schools
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 141938 · 331/2016
Trust: Sidney Stringer Multi Academy Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 416 on roll
Free school meals: 45.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2015
Address: Bath Street, Coventry, CV1 5GU
Local authority: Coventry

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