Earlsdon Primary School
Earlsdon Avenue North, Coventry, CV5 6FZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Bollands
- Constituency
- Coventry South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 416
- URN
- 103641
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02476672917
About this school
Earlsdon Primary School is a community primary school in Coventry. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 416 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 57 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 67% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 86% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 79% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | 84% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Earlsdon Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Coventry average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73% | 52.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 54.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 56.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 416 |
| 2023/24 | 423 |
| 2024/25 | 422 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Earlsdon Primary School compares
Earlsdon Primary School ranked 38th of 83 primary schools in Coventry for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 4.7% | 14% | 416 | — |
| Hearsall Community Academy | 34% | 7.1% | 28.7% | 433 | 0.3 miles |
| All Souls' Catholic Primary School | 65% | 4.1% | 8.1% | 237 | 0.5 miles |
| Spon Gate Primary School | 46% | 5.4% | 56.2% | 224 | 0.6 miles |
| St Osburg's Catholic Primary School | 62% | 4.4% | 23.3% | 222 | 0.8 miles |
| Stivichall Primary School | 80% | 3.6% | 5.4% | 533 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.98%
- English as an additional language
- 22.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.65%
- Persistent absence
- 9.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hearsall Community Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
All Souls' Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
Spon Gate Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
St Osburg's Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
Stivichall Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Coventry
Other schools in Coventry
Earlsdon Primary School ranks 42nd of the 93 ranked primary schools in Coventry.
- Alderman's Green Primary School Primary
- Aldermoor Farm Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- All Souls' Catholic Primary School Primary
- Allesley Hall Primary School Primary
- Allesley Primary School Primary
- Arley Primary Academy Primary
- Balsall Common Primary School Primary
- Berkswell Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Binley Woods Primary School Primary
- Bournebrook CofE Primary School Primary
- Broad Heath Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Earlsdon Primary School teach?
- Earlsdon Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Coventry.
- Who is the headteacher of Earlsdon Primary School?
- The headteacher of Earlsdon Primary School is Mrs Rebecca Bollands, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Earlsdon Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Earlsdon Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Earlsdon Primary School?
- Earlsdon Primary School has 416 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Earlsdon Primary School full?
- Earlsdon Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 416 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Earlsdon Primary School a faith school?
- No. Earlsdon Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Earlsdon Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Earlsdon Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Earlsdon Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Earlsdon Primary School rank locally?
- Earlsdon Primary School ranked 38th of 83 primary schools in Coventry for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Earlsdon Primary School's absence rate?
- Earlsdon Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Earlsdon Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Earlsdon Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.