Balsall Common Primary School

General Information

Address: Balsall Street East, Balsall Common, Coventry, CV7 7FS
Phone: 01676532254
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Mark Mitchell
Age range: 3-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Number of pupils: 665
School capacity: 630
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 53
% eligible for free school meals: 8.5%
Nursery provision: Yes

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Behaviour information for this school has not been added yet.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.5%
Persistently absent pupils: 9.1%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 9.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.4%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Specific learning difficulty: 27 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

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Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

Spending per pupil: £6,292 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

Ranked #25 of 42 Spending Per Pupil schools of this type in the area

#23Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James£6,445
#24George Fentham Endowed School£6,384
#25Balsall Common Primary School£6,292
#26Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School£6,118
#27St Patricks Church of England Primary Academy£6,060

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

#1Yorkswood Primary School£9,224
#2Mill Lodge Primary School£8,362
#3Windy Arbor Primary School£7,975
#4St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School£7,829
#5Cheswick Green Primary School£7,766
#6Kineton Green Primary School£7,603
#7Fordbridge Community Primary School£7,592
#8Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School£7,528
#9Smith's Wood Primary Academy£7,523
#10Dickens Heath Community Primary School£7,488
#11Kingshurst Primary School£7,306
#12St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary School£7,294
#13Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School£7,275
#14Meriden Church of England Primary School£7,159
#15Monkspath Junior and Infant School£6,979
#16St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School£6,924
#17Tudor Grange Primary Academy Yew Tree£6,847
#18Greswold Primary School£6,608
#19St Anthony's Catholic Primary School£6,594
#20Berkswell Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,457
#21Dorridge Primary School£6,455
#22Tidbury Green School£6,448
#23Tudor Grange Primary Academy, St James£6,445
#24George Fentham Endowed School£6,384
#25Balsall Common Primary School£6,292
#26Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School£6,118
#27St Patricks Church of England Primary Academy£6,060
#28St Anne's Catholic Primary School£5,960
#29Olton Primary School£5,941
#30Ulverley School£5,873
#31St Andrew's Catholic Primary School£5,819
#32St Augustine's Catholic Primary School£5,803
#33Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Primary School£5,781
#34Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley Heath£5,700
#35Knowle Church of England Primary Academy£5,692
#36Tudor Grange Primary Academy Langley£5,672
#37St Margaret's Church of England Primary School£5,482
#38Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School£5,403
#39Peterbrook Primary School£4,418
#40Valley Primary£4,299
#41Coleshill Heath School£3,126
#42Oak Cottage Primary School£2,533

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