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Gosford Park Primary School

Primary · Coventry · CV1 2SF

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 12 November 2024

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At a glance

430 pupils · 102% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
30.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
63.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.gosfordpark-coventry.org.uk/
URN
103643

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 38 families named it first for 39 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 0.583 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 2 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2024. At its inspection on 12 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

39 places offered · 38 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.583 miles for 2024 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry) lived within 0.583 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

57 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
35%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school35%
Median of its 12 closest peers66%
Coventry average60.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Lift FevershamBradford · 97 miles awayOutstanding90%
Hanbury Primary SchoolWest Bromwich · 23 miles awayGood50%
Lyng Primary SchoolWest Bromwich · 23 miles awayGood (2016)63%
Lodge Primary SchoolWest Bromwich · 23 miles awayGood (2016)61%
Anson Primary SchoolLondon · 80 miles awayGood68%
Kingfisher Hall Primary AcademyEnfield · 80 miles awayGood78%
Dormers Wells Primary SchoolSouthall · 78 miles awayGood64%
Alexandra Primary SchoolLondon · 81 miles awayExpected standard50%
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 79 miles awayOutstanding91%
St Catherine's Catholic Primary SchoolSheffield · 69 miles awayOutstanding75%
Deeplish Primary AcademyRochdale · 88 miles awayGood71%
Spring Lane Primary SchoolNorthampton · 27 miles awayGood62%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 20% (Coventry 14%, England 5%) · White British 19% (Coventry 37%, England 60%) · Any other White background 18% (Coventry 8%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 12% (Coventry 12%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 12% (Coventry 6%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Coventry 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 3% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Coventry 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Coventry 1%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Coventry 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Coventry 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Coventry 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Coventry 5%, England 5%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.53 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Coventry: 3.39 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 4.78% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

4.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 15 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,939; 20.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,418
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 17% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 9% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £193,471; in-year balance +£23,821

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work9.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier21.3%62.3%
Social housing19.4%17.1%
Privately rented59.2%20.5%
Detached houses7.7%22.9%
Flats17.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van48.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009633 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£190,000363 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£155,000–£242,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (30)£360,000
Semi-detached (52)£252,500
Terraced (250)£182,000
Flat (31)£125,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.94 km, 2024 entry): 302 sales, median £193,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
16an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
67an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
14an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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