Sidney Stringer Primary Academy

Sidney Stringer Primary Academy is a larger-than-average primary school within the Sidney Stringer Multi Academy Trust, serving a community with high levels of disadvantage. Inspectors found strong practice across every area, with safeguarding standards met. Pupils achieve well and leave well prepared for secondary school, and disadvantaged pupils, pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and vulnerable pupils are supported particularly well.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well and are well prepared for secondary school.
• Disadvantaged pupils, pupils with SEND and vulnerable pupils are very well supported and make impressive progress.
• A well-structured, logically sequenced curriculum builds secure knowledge across all subjects.
• Teaching is highly effective, with strong subject knowledge, purposeful practice and regular checks on understanding.
• Early years provision gives children a strong start, especially in phonics, routines and readiness for Year 1.
• Attendance is managed effectively and is close to the national average and improving.
• Behaviour expectations are very high, and pupils’ behaviour is exemplary.
• Inclusion is at the heart of the school, with early identification and effective support for barriers to learning and wellbeing.
• Leadership and governance are highly effective, with clear priorities, accountability and strong staff development.
• Personal development is thoughtfully planned and enriched by trips, clubs and character education.
• Parents are extremely positive, and staff workload and wellbeing are well managed.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open and positive culture.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Sidney Stringer Primary Academy attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.2% of pupils at Sidney Stringer Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Sidney Stringer Primary Academy had 24.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.4% of pupils at Sidney Stringer Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Sidney Stringer Primary Academy received £7,485 and spent £6,961 for each of its 421 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £422,000 (£1,003 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Sidney Stringer Multi Academy Trust, income was £9,957 and spending £9,323 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Sidney Stringer Primary Academy is part of Sidney Stringer Multi Academy Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Sidney Stringer Academy Coventry
• Radford Primary Academy Coventry
• Ernesford Grange Community Academy Coventry
• Riverbank School Coventry

What is Sidney Stringer Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sidney Stringer Primary Academy is Strong standard, from an inspection in January 2026.

When was Sidney Stringer Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Sidney Stringer Primary Academy was last inspected in January 2026.

How many pupils does Sidney Stringer Primary Academy have?

Sidney Stringer Primary Academy has 416 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sidney Stringer Primary Academy cover?

Sidney Stringer Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Sidney Stringer Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Sidney Stringer Primary Academy?

Sidney Stringer Primary Academy is at Bath Street, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5GU.