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Clifford Bridge Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Coombe Park Road, Binley, Coventry CV3 2PD · cliffordbridgeacademy.org · 024 7645 1720
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Coventry 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 430
- 10 over 420 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 9.3%
- First language not English
- 26.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 51 families put the school first and 53 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 53 | 51 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 40 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 49 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across Coventry it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Clifford Bridge Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jan 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2011Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (82 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 82
- 18% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (21%) with SEND