Stivichall Primary School, Coventry

Ofsted's report card from its 21 April 2026 inspection grades Stivichall Primary School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have a detailed understanding of pupils' attendance and behaviour."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have constructed a personal development programme tailored to pupils' interests and aspirations."

Achievement - Expected standard. "By the time pupils leave school, their attainment in national tests in reading, writing and mathematics is considerably above national averages."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a curriculum that builds knowledge and skills over time."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children join from many different nurseries."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders effectively identify pupils' needs when they join the school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders know the community well and are proud of the school's achievements."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should embed highly effective teaching across the school and across subjects so that all pupil groups, including those who are disadvantaged and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, achieve consistently highly and produce high-quality work"; "Leaders should ensure that staff maximise opportunities for the high-quality interactions in early years across the school day to further support the development of children's communication and language skills".

In its own words: "Stivichall Primary School is a happy, caring school with high aspirations for all of our pupils and staff. The children benefit from a full and enriching curriculum and learn within a safe, stimulating and inclusive learning environment."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils at Stivichall Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 87% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Coventry and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 86% in reading and 82% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 82 families put Stivichall Primary School as their first choice and 227 named it as one of their preferences, for 75 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Stivichall Primary School are Grange Farm Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 84% reading, 87% maths); Manor Park Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 89% reading, 92% maths); Coventry Speech and Language Service Co Manor Park Primary School (0.7 miles); and St Thomas More Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 80% reading, 85% maths).

Stivichall Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

5.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 80 pupils (15%) received SEN support and 15 (2.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Coventry Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dewsbury Avenue (after), 250 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Stivichall Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 129 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Coventry (253).

In 2024/25, Stivichall Primary School issued 19 suspensions, 3.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Stivichall Primary School are Finham Park School (0.4 miles), Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School (0.7 miles) and Meadow Park School (1.5 miles).