Clifford Bridge Academy
General Information
- Address: Coombe Park Road, Binley, Coventry, CV3 2PD – View on map
- Phone: 02476451720
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Madaleine Turner
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 51 families put it first for 53 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 38
- % eligible for free school meals: 9.3%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (similar to the Coventry average)
- English as an additional language: 27% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.1% a year (Coventry 15.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 59% moved to another school, 41% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Coventry: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 7 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Coventry, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 25 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 64% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Coventry average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 61% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 61%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 81% · Writing 75% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 59 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 32nd of 83 junior and primary schools in the area
- =28Joseph Cash Primary School65%
- =28Whitley Abbey Primary School65%
- =32Clifford Bridge Academy64%
- =32Ravensdale Primary School64%
- =32St Laurences CofE Primary School64%
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10th of 65 primary schools in Coventry for Ofsted rating
- #8Charter AcademyGood
- #9Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #10Clifford Bridge AcademyGood
- #11Corpus Christi Catholic SchoolGood
- #12Coundon Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,597 (2024-25)
76th of 83 primary schools in Coventry for spending per pupil
- #74St Gregory's Catholic Primary School£5,770
- #75Walsgrave Church of England Academy£5,746
- #76Clifford Bridge Academy£5,597
- #77Grange Farm Primary School£5,581
- #78Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School£5,554
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