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Aldermoor Farm Primary School

Primary · Coventry · CV3 1DP

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 20 June 2023

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At a glance

644 pupils · 94% of 682 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
29.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
43.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
24.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://afprimary.org.uk
URN
103681

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 64 families named it first for 67 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 20 June 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

67 places offered · 64 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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers67%
Coventry average60.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Michael Faraday SchoolLondon · 86 miles awayGood65%
Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's CentreSalford · 82 miles awayNeeds attention74%
South Rise Primary SchoolLondon · 92 miles awayNo current grade78%
Fairholme Primary SchoolFeltham · 79 miles awayGood57%
Beeston Hill St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolLeeds · 96 miles awayGood33%
Woodside Primary School and NurseryDudley · 27 miles awayGood28%
St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 92 miles awayGood60%
Beckfoot Heaton PrimaryBradford · 99 miles awayGood81%
Hill Farm AcademyCoventry · 3 miles awayNo current grade67%
Hadley Learning Community - Primary PhaseTelford · 47 miles awayGood77%
Killinghall Primary SchoolBradford · 98 miles awayGood67%
Mitchell Brook Primary SchoolLondon · 78 miles awayGood75%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
12 of 12 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 32% (Coventry 14%, England 5%) · White British 22% (Coventry 37%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 14% (Coventry 12%, England 4%) · Any other White background 14% (Coventry 8%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Coventry 5%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Coventry 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Coventry 6%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Coventry 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Coventry 3%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Coventry 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Coventry 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

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)
6.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.95 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
22.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

97% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

64.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.8 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 £51,916; 19.4% 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£7,602
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,053,166; in-year balance +£4,314

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work13%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways32.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier17.4%62.3%
Social housing71.2%17.1%
Privately rented11.2%20.5%
Detached houses5.4%22.9%
Flats42.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van41.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034746 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£219,500300 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£183,000–£284,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (46)£351,000
Semi-detached (75)£260,000
Terraced (153)£206,500
Flat (26)£135,000

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

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
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
17an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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