Clifford Bridge Academy

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Composite score
47.4
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#8,185
National rank
#853
In West Midlands
#31
In Coventry
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
51 first choices, 53 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
89
any preference, for 53 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020220.9820231.0020240.9320250.962026

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

Every child who put Clifford Bridge Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
449
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,597
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Clifford Bridge Academy at a glance

Located in Coventry, Clifford Bridge Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 449 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 64% 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 6.0 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 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Clifford Bridge Academy their first choice was offered one of its 53 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 24.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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