Sowe Valley Primary School

Community school·Primary school Coventry·CV3 2QX
Composite score
43.8
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#9,561
National rank
#1010
In West Midlands
#42
In Coventry
Top 65%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
32 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
92
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
1.63 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2625 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.9020230.8020241.0020251.072026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
238
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
42.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
23.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
25.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,253
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Sowe Valley Primary School at a glance

Located in Coventry, Sowe Valley Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 238 pupils aged 4 to 11. 62% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 12.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Sowe Valley Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 32 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.63 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 21.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 43% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Sowe Valley Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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