Clifford Bridge Academy

Clifford Bridge Academy is performing well overall, rated as 'Good' with notable strengths in behaviour, leadership, and early years provision. Pupils demonstrate a love for learning, strong relationships, and exceptional behaviour, contributing to an engaging and vibrant school environment. The curriculum is ambitious and effectively planned, allowing pupils to achieve above national averages in writing and mathematics. However, there are some concerns regarding the targeted support for pupils who struggle with reading and those with special educational needs.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate exceptional behaviour and attitudes towards learning.
• The curriculum is ambitious, well-planned, and successfully builds knowledge step by step.
• Strong support for pupils' emotional well-being.
• Early years provision is outstanding, helping children develop quickly.
• Pupils achieve above national averages in key subjects.

Areas for Improvement

• Support for pupils who fall behind in reading is not always effectively targeted.
• Planned support for pupils with SEND is inconsistently implemented.

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 Clifford Bridge Academy attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.7% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Clifford Bridge 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 Clifford Bridge Academy had 23.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.8% 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, 13.3% of pupils at Clifford Bridge Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.2% 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 Clifford Bridge Academy received £5,858 and spent £6,292 for each of its 442 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £197,000 (£446 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Inspire Education Trust, income was £7,072 and spending £7,122 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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All schools in Coventry · Coventry local authority: places and applications

Clifford Bridge Academy is part of Inspire Education Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Walsgrave Church of England Academy Coventry
• Whittle Academy Coventry
• Frederick Bird Academy Coventry
• Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College Coventry
• Hearsall Community Academy Coventry
• Stockingford Academy Nuneaton
• Arley Primary Academy Coventry

What is Clifford Bridge Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Clifford Bridge Academy is Good, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was Clifford Bridge Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Clifford Bridge Academy was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Clifford Bridge Academy have?

Clifford Bridge Academy has 430 pupils on roll.

What age range does Clifford Bridge Academy cover?

Clifford Bridge Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Clifford Bridge Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Clifford Bridge Academy?

Clifford Bridge Academy is at Coombe Park Road, Binley, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 2PD.