Balsall Common Primary School
Balsall Street East, Balsall Common, Coventry, CV7 7FS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CENTRAL SCHOOLS TRUST
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr Mark Mitchell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Central Schools Trust
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 665
- URN
- 138536
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01676532254
About this school
Balsall Common Primary School is a primary academy in Coventry. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 665 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Balsall Common Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 90 | 89 | 86 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 56% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 9% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 79% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 69% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 78% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.70 | - | - |
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 Balsall Common 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 | Solihull average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 76% | 62.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 695 |
| 2023/24 | 683 |
| 2024/25 | 671 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Balsall Common Primary School compares
Balsall Common Primary School ranked 13th of 45 primary schools in Solihull for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 76% | 4.5% | 10.4% | 665 | — |
| Berkswell Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 70% | 3.9% | 10.2% | 230 | 1.7 miles |
| Burton Green Church of England Academy | 82% | 8.8% | 12.6% | 102 | 1.9 miles |
| Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School | 86% | 5.9% | 31.3% | 146 | 1.9 miles |
| Leigh Church of England Academy | 52% | 7.9% | 48.5% | 216 | 2.7 miles |
| Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School | 43% | 6% | 43.4% | 215 | 3.1 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.36%
- English as an additional language
- 5.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.45%
- Persistent absence
- 9.07%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Berkswell Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
Burton Green Church of England Academy1.9 miles
Primary · Kenilworth
-
Lady Katherine Leveson Church of England Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Solihull
-
Leigh Church of England Academy2.7 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Coventry
Other schools in Coventry
Balsall Common Primary School ranks 9th 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
- 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
- Cannon Park Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Balsall Common Primary School teach?
- Balsall Common Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Coventry.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Balsall Common Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Balsall Common Primary School is Mr Mark Mitchell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Balsall Common Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Balsall Common 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 many pupils are at Balsall Common Primary School?
- Balsall Common Primary School has 665 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Balsall Common Primary School full?
- Balsall Common Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 665 on roll (106%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Balsall Common Primary School a faith school?
- No. Balsall Common Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Balsall Common Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Balsall Common Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Balsall Common Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Balsall Common Primary School is part of CENTRAL SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Balsall Common Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Balsall Common Primary School compare with other schools in Solihull?
- Balsall Common Primary School ranked 13th of 45 primary schools in Solihull for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Balsall Common Primary School's absence rate?
- Balsall Common Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Balsall Common Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Balsall Common 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 1 July 2026.