Southfields Primary School

Coventry · CV1 5LS

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 450 pupils, 34.9% FSM

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Southfields Primary School

General Information

Address: East Street, Coventry, CV1 5LS – View on map
Phone: 02476226810
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr James Gale
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 43 families put it first for 45 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 8 · 2024 8 · 2025 8 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

450 pupils out of 420 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 145
% eligible for free school meals: 34.9%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Coventry average)
English as an additional language: 75% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 15.4% a year (Coventry 15.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 53% moved to another school, 47% 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.

Supply and cover teaching

Classes taught mainly by supply or cover staff for half a term or more: 0 (a full term or more: 0)
Teaching posts vacant or only temporarily filled during the year: 0
Days of supply or agency teacher cover: 15
Data year: 2025/26 (from the school, under Freedom of Information)

Government figures only count teachers on contracts of 28 days or more, so a class covered by a run of supply teachers doesn't show up in them – which is why we ask schools directly.

Behaviour

Good record 2025/26

About this Behaviour status

Based on real data requested under Freedom of Information, compared against other schools of the same type that have also responded - not a judgement on any single figure alone.

Reading the numbers: higher figures below often mean a school records thoroughly and takes concerns seriously, rather than more incidents happening. A school reporting unusually low figures sometimes has a reporting gap rather than a problem-free intake. If a figure stands out, it's worth asking the school how it records.

Data year: 2025/26
Bullying incidents: 0
Physical aggression / violence incidents: 15
Child protection referrals: 6
Safeguarding concerns: 48
Racist incidents: 1
Suspensions (fixed-term exclusions): 1
Permanent exclusions: 0
Sexual harassment or sexual violence between pupils (recorded incidents): 0 (led to a suspension or exclusion: 0; referred to social care or police: 0) – a higher number can mean a school takes reports seriously and records them carefully

See the bullying figures for every school in Coventry →

Figures may show "<5" for some schools.

What does "<5" mean?

A figure shown as "<5" means the real number is below 5 - the standard convention for this kind of data, used to avoid identifying individual pupils. Different schools may also record and define incidents differently, so read comparisons with care.

1st of 2 primary schools in Coventry for behaviour

#1Southfields Primary School60%
#2Christ The King Catholic Primary School40%

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Behaviour ranking

Each school's score (out of 100) reflects how it compares to other schools in the area across all reported behaviour metrics — bullying, physical aggression, safeguarding referrals and racist incidents. A higher score means fewer reported incidents relative to peers. Ranked by real FOI-reported figures. Schools that have declined to provide this data sit at the bottom — refusing a legal request is treated as worse than any honestly-reported result.

Rank School Score

#1Southfields Primary School60%
#2Christ The King Catholic Primary School40%

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: 3.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 7.2%
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.

Pupils on SEN Support: 7.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Hearing impairment: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil
Hearing impairment: 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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Behaviour

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Ability to Deal with Problems

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Headteacher Approval

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SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

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Wraparound CareWraparound Care (parent rating)How parents rate the school's breakfast and after-school clubs - availability, cost and quality. Only asked for infant, junior and primary schools, where it matters most for working parents.

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Would recommend –

This score reflects how openly the school responded to our Freedom of Information request. Schools that withhold information are rated lower — even the act of hiding data tells parents something about a school’s openness.

Response: Full response (+60)
Timeliness: Response date not recorded (+10)
Optional data: No optional data (+0)

Exemplary (80–100) · Cooperative (60–79) · Reluctant (40–59) · Obstructive (20–39) · Opaque (0–19)

Educational Attainment

Good 2022 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 11 percentage points above the Coventry average (60%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 70% against an expected 62%)
3-year average (expected standard): 70%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 71% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 80%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 107
Based on: 56 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

This schoolCoventry averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 11 percentage points above the Coventry average (60%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 13th of 83 junior and primary schools in the area

=11St Thomas More Catholic Primary School73%
=13Good Shepherd Catholic School71%
=13Southfields Primary School71%
=15Aldermoor Farm Primary School70%
=15Seva School70%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

=1Cannon Park Primary School86%
=1St John Vianney Catholic Primary School86%
#3Manor Park Primary School83%
=4Finham Primary School80%
=4Stivichall Primary School80%
=6Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School77%
=6St Gregory's Catholic Primary School77%
=6Stanton Bridge Primary School77%
=9Grange Farm Primary School76%
=9Moseley Primary School76%
=11St Christopher Primary School73%
=11St Thomas More Catholic Primary School73%
=13Good Shepherd Catholic School71%
=13Southfields Primary School71%
=15Aldermoor Farm Primary School70%
=15Seva School70%
=17Sidney Stringer Primary Academy69%
=17Walsgrave Church of England Academy69%
=19Ernesford Grange Primary School68%
=19Parkgate Primary School68%
=19Stoke Heath Primary School68%
=22Charter Academy67%
=22Hill Farm Academy67%
=22John Gulson Primary School67%
=22Limbrick Wood Primary School67%
=22St John Fisher Catholic Primary School67%
#27Holy Family Catholic Primary School66%
=28All Souls' Catholic Primary School65%
=28Allesley Primary School65%
=28Joseph Cash Primary School65%
=28Whitley Abbey Primary School65%
=32Clifford Bridge Academy64%
=32Ravensdale Primary School64%
=32St Laurences CofE Primary School64%
=32Whoberley Hall Primary School64%
=36Christ The King Catholic Primary School63%
=36Earlsdon Primary School63%
=36St Augustine's Catholic Primary School63%
=36St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School63%
=40Courthouse Green Primary School62%
=40Sowe Valley Primary School62%
=40St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School62%
=40St Osburg's Catholic Primary School62%
=40Wyken Croft Primary School62%
#45Howes Community Primary School61%
=46Alderman's Green Primary School60%
=46SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School60%
=46Stoke Primary School60%
=49Park Hill Primary School59%
=49St John's Church of England Academy59%
=49Whitmore Park Primary School59%
=52All Saints Church of England Primary School58%
=52Broad Heath Community Primary School58%
=52Mount Nod Primary School58%
=55Coundon Primary School57%
=55Hollyfast Primary School57%
=55St Patrick's Catholic Primary School57%
#58Pearl Hyde Community Primary School56%
=59Allesley Hall Primary School55%
=59Whittle Academy55%
#61Grangehurst Primary School54%
=62Eastern Green Junior School53%
=62Richard Lee Primary School53%
=62Templars Primary School53%
=65Leigh Church of England Academy52%
=65Radford Primary Academy52%
#67Corpus Christi Catholic School51%
#68Moat House Primary School50%
=69Henley Green Primary48%
=69St Anne's Catholic Primary School48%
=69Willenhall Community Primary School48%
#72Spon Gate Primary School46%
#73Longford Park Primary School45%
=74Edgewick Community Primary School44%
=74Frederick Bird Academy44%
=76Keresley Grange Primary School43%
=76Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School43%
#78Holbrook Primary School41%
#79St Bartholomew's Church of England Academy39%
#80John Shelton Community Primary School37%
#81Gosford Park Primary School35%
#82Hearsall Community Academy34%
#83Stretton Church of England Academy23%

View full Ofsted inspection report

39th of 65 primary schools in Coventry for Ofsted rating

#37Ravensdale Primary SchoolGood
#38SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#39Southfields Primary SchoolGood
#40Spon Gate Primary SchoolGood
#41St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Courthouse Green Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Alderman's Green Primary SchoolGood
#3Aldermoor Farm Primary SchoolGood
#4All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#5All Souls' Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#6Allesley Primary SchoolGood
#7Cannon Park Primary SchoolGood
#8Charter AcademyGood
#9Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#10Clifford Bridge AcademyGood
#11Corpus Christi Catholic SchoolGood
#12Coundon Primary SchoolGood
#13Earlsdon Primary SchoolGood
#14Edgewick Community Primary SchoolGood
#15Ernesford Grange Primary SchoolGood
#16Finham Primary SchoolGood
#17Good Shepherd Catholic SchoolGood
#18Grange Farm Primary SchoolGood
#19Hearsall Community AcademyGood
#20Henley Green PrimaryGood
#21Hill Farm AcademyGood
#22Holbrook Primary SchoolGood
#23Hollyfast Primary SchoolGood
#24Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#25John Gulson Primary SchoolGood
#26John Shelton Community Primary SchoolGood
#27Joseph Cash Primary SchoolGood
#28Keresley Grange Primary SchoolGood
#29Limbrick Wood Primary SchoolGood
#30Manor Park Primary SchoolGood
#31Moseley Primary SchoolGood
#32Mount Nod Primary SchoolGood
#33Park Hill Primary SchoolGood
#34Parkgate Primary SchoolGood
#35Pearl Hyde Community Primary SchoolGood
#36Radford Primary AcademyGood
#37Ravensdale Primary SchoolGood
#38SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#39Southfields Primary SchoolGood
#40Spon Gate Primary SchoolGood
#41St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#42St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#43St Christopher Primary SchoolGood
#44St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#45St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#46St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#47St John Vianney Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#48St John's Church of England AcademyGood
#49St Laurences CofE Primary SchoolGood
#50St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#51St Osburg's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#52St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#53Stanton Bridge Primary SchoolGood
#54Stivichall Primary SchoolGood
#55Stoke Heath Primary SchoolGood
#56Templars Primary SchoolGood
#57Walsgrave Church of England AcademyGood
#58Whitley Abbey Primary SchoolGood
#59Whittle AcademyGood
#60Whoberley Hall Primary SchoolGood
#61Frederick Bird AcademyRequires improvement
#62Howes Community Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#63Potters Green Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#64Stoke Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#65Willenhall Community Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,283 (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.

16th of 83 primary schools in Coventry for spending per pupil

#14Charter Academy£7,376
#15Holbrook Primary School£7,325
#16Southfields Primary School£7,283
#17Sowe Valley Primary School£7,253
#18Radford Primary Academy£7,177

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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.

Rank School Score

#1Spon Gate Primary School£9,080
#2Henley Green Primary£8,099
#3Howes Community Primary School£8,076
#4Longford Park Primary School£7,918
#5Moat House Primary School£7,740
#6Edgewick Community Primary School£7,723
#7Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School£7,654
#8Leigh Church of England Academy£7,601
#9Limbrick Wood Primary School£7,497
#10Willenhall Community Primary School£7,491
#11St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School£7,433
#12Mount Nod Primary School£7,397
#13Gosford Park Primary School£7,382
#14Charter Academy£7,376
#15Holbrook Primary School£7,325
#16Southfields Primary School£7,283
#17Sowe Valley Primary School£7,253
#18Radford Primary Academy£7,177
#19John Shelton Community Primary School£7,168
#20Whoberley Hall Primary School£7,114
#21Templars Primary School£7,095
#22Stoke Heath Primary School£7,089
#23St Bartholomew's Church of England Academy£7,031
#24Wyken Croft Primary School£7,020
#25Whittle Academy£7,016
#26St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School£6,993
#27Whitley Abbey Primary School£6,937
#28St Anne's Catholic Primary School£6,899
#29Joseph Cash Primary School£6,854
#30Alderman's Green Primary School£6,824
#31John Gulson Primary School£6,813
#32All Saints Church of England Primary School£6,798
#33Sidney Stringer Primary Academy£6,724
#34Grangehurst Primary School£6,693
#35Stretton Church of England Academy£6,684
#36St Osburg's Catholic Primary School£6,675
#37Hill Farm Academy£6,667
#38Stivichall Primary School£6,660
#39Stanton Bridge Primary School£6,660
#40Stoke Primary School£6,635
#41Aldermoor Farm Primary School£6,621
#42St Patrick's Catholic Primary School£6,591
#43Allesley Primary School£6,546
#44Cannon Park Primary School£6,534
#45Richard Lee Primary School£6,502
#46Coundon Primary School£6,475
#47Allesley Hall Primary School£6,441
#48Park Hill Primary School£6,404
#49Good Shepherd Catholic School£6,395
#50Earlsdon Primary School£6,377
#51Broad Heath Community Primary School£6,353
#52Hearsall Community Academy£6,347
#53St Augustine's Catholic Primary School£6,308
#54St Thomas More Catholic Primary School£6,305
#55St Christopher Primary School£6,281
#56Whitmore Park Primary School£6,274
#57St John's Church of England Academy£6,269
#58Moseley Primary School£6,233
#59Frederick Bird Academy£6,233
#60Parkgate Primary School£6,203
#61Ernesford Grange Primary School£6,166
#62SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School£6,133
#63Holy Family Catholic Primary School£6,100
#64Keresley Grange Primary School£6,099
#65Pearl Hyde Community Primary School£6,068
#66St John Vianney Catholic Primary School£5,987
#67Manor Park Primary School£5,971
#68St Laurences CofE Primary School£5,913
#69All Souls' Catholic Primary School£5,890
#70Corpus Christi Catholic School£5,853
#71Christ The King Catholic Primary School£5,837
#72Courthouse Green Primary School£5,836
#73Ravensdale Primary School£5,799
#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
#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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Environment

Data received 2025/26

About this Environment status

Based on real information requested under Freedom of Information, covering step-free access, specialist facilities, classroom climate, and technology provision.

Accessibility

Step-free for pupils, staff and visitors: Yes
Overall accessibility: Mostly
Lifts for pupil use: Yes
Accessible toilets: Yes
Changing Places facility: Yes
Sensory room: Yes

Climate

Classrooms with air conditioning: 0%
Mechanical ventilation: Yes - some classrooms
Air cooling units: Yes - some classrooms
Shaded outdoor areas: Yes
Heatwave procedures: Yes - written procedure

Technology

Pupil devices (approx.): 360
Pupils per device: 1:1 (one each)
Digital display in every classroom: Yes
Interactive whiteboards: Yes - all classrooms
1:1 pupil device programme: Yes - all pupils
Coding / robotics equipment: Yes
Assistive technology for SEND pupils: Yes

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