Finham Primary School
General Information
- Address: Green Lane, Coventry, CV3 6EJ – View on map
- Phone: 02476415425
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Bracken
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 29
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.5%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Coventry average)
- English as an additional language: 43% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7% a year (Coventry 15.7%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 75% moved to another school, 25% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 15% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 20 percentage points above the Coventry average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 80% against an expected 71%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 80%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 85% · Writing 85% · Maths 89% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 82%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 109
- Based on: 65 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 4th of 83 junior and primary schools in the area
- =1St John Vianney Catholic Primary School86%
- #3Manor Park Primary School83%
- =4Finham Primary School80%
- =4Stivichall Primary School80%
- =6Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School77%
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15th of 60 primary schools in Coventry for Ofsted rating
- #13Edgewick Community Primary SchoolGood
- #14Ernesford Grange Primary SchoolGood
- #15Finham Primary SchoolGood
- #16Good Shepherd Catholic SchoolGood
- #17Grange Farm Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,422 (2024-25)
81st of 83 primary schools in Coventry for spending per pupil
- #79St John Fisher Catholic Primary School£5,444
- #80Hollyfast Primary School£5,429
- #81Finham Primary School£5,422
- #82Potters Green Primary School£2,513
- #83Little Heath Primary School£2,258
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