Sidney Stringer Primary Academy
Bath Street, Coventry, CV1 5GU
416 pupils · 99% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SIDNEY STRINGER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Free school meals
- 45.9%
Ofsted
Strong standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 18 November 2025, published 15 January 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 69% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 5% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.18 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 71 | 167 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 59 | 95 | 186 | 59 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 102 | 177 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 94 | 161 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 87 | 161 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 60 | 90 | 150 | 60 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 85 | 151 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 87 | 159 | 60 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School 0.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- John Gulson Primary School 0.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Southfields Primary School 0.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Frederick Bird Academy 1 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- Broad Heath Community Primary School 1.2 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- St Osburg's Catholic Primary School 1.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.