Frederick Bird Primary School
Swan Lane, Coventry, CV2 4QQ
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Frederick Bird Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amy Husband (Interim Headteacher)
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Coventry South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 840
- Pupils on roll
- 807
- URN
- 103695
- Local authority
- Coventry
About this school
Frederick Bird Primary School was a community primary school in Coventry. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 807 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Frederick Bird Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 119 | 110 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 32% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 54% | 45% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 54% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.80 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - |
| 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 Frederick Bird 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 | 48% | 52.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 32% | 54.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 56.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Frederick Bird Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.1% | 52.5% | 807 | — |
| Frederick Bird Academy | 44% | 9.7% | 49.1% | 855 | 0.0 miles |
| Stoke Heath Primary School | 68% | 5.9% | 46.5% | 494 | 0.4 miles |
| St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School | 63% | 5.3% | 43.3% | 345 | 0.4 miles |
| Stoke Primary School | 60% | 6.6% | 29.3% | 474 | 0.5 miles |
| Stanton Bridge Primary School | 77% | 6.2% | 38.2% | 413 | 0.5 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.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 52.5%
- English as an additional language
- 70.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.1%
- Persistent absence
- 31.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Frederick Bird Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
Stoke Heath Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
Stoke Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
Stanton Bridge Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Coventry
Other 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 Frederick Bird Primary School teach?
- Frederick Bird Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Coventry.
- Has Frederick Bird Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Frederick Bird Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Frederick Bird Primary School?
- Frederick Bird Primary School had 807 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Frederick Bird Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 32% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Frederick Bird Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Frederick Bird 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 31 December 2023.