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Frederick Bird Academy

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  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Coventry
  • CV2 4QQ
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected May 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 13,344 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 89%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 61%61%2016/17: top 52%52% · 2016/172017/18: top 81%2018/19: top 91%2022/23: top 80%2023/24: top 97%2024/25: top 89%No exams

Against West MidlandsArrows: West Midlands rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM44% · West Midlands 65%1/10 Well below West Midlands
Higher standard, RWM2% · West Midlands 7%2/10 Well below West Midlands+13.5 pts
Reading score101 · West Midlands 1051/10 Well below West Midlands
Maths score100 · West Midlands 1051/10 Well below West Midlands−5.4 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 50% · 84 pupils · West Midlands 53%2016/17: 63% · 78 pupils · West Midlands 61%2017/18: 53% · 88 pupils · West Midlands 65%2018/19: 46% · 114 pupils · West Midlands 66%2022/23: 48% · 119 pupils · West Midlands 61%2023/24: 32% · 110 pupils · West Midlands 62%2024/25: 44% · 119 pupils · West Midlands 65%63%32%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 2% · 84 pupils · West Midlands 3%2016/17: 4% · 78 pupils · West Midlands 7%2017/18: 2% · 88 pupils · West Midlands 8%2018/19: 0% · 114 pupils · West Midlands 9%2022/23: 1% · 119 pupils · West Midlands 6%2023/24: 0% · 110 pupils · West Midlands 6%2024/25: 2% · 119 pupils · West Midlands 7%4%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 84 pupils · West Midlands 1022016/17: 102 · 78 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 101 · 88 pupils · West Midlands 1052018/19: 100 · 114 pupils · West Midlands 1042022/23: 99 · 119 pupils · West Midlands 1052023/24: 99 · 110 pupils · West Midlands 1052024/25: 101 · 119 pupils · West Midlands 10510299No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 101 · 84 pupils · West Midlands 1032016/17: 104 · 78 pupils · West Midlands 1042017/18: 101 · 88 pupils · West Midlands 1042018/19: 102 · 114 pupils · West Midlands 1052022/23: 100 · 119 pupils · West Midlands 1042023/24: 99 · 110 pupils · West Midlands 1042024/25: 100 · 119 pupils · West Midlands 10510499No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
71 of 71 who put it first2014 · 96.5%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st7171
2nd332
3rd330

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2011Outstandingas predecessor
  3. 2014Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor
  5. 2019Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2023Requires improvementas predecessor

1 strong areas

  • Personal development

4 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026855
Free school meals (past 6 years)49.1%
First language not English71.4%
SEN support13.7%
EHC plan0.9%
Absence (sessions missed)9.7%
Persistently absent pupils39.3%

Girls 51.6%Boys 48.4%

101.8% full · 840 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher22.8
Pupils per adult10.4
  • Classroom teachers 30.4
  • Leadership 5.7
  • Teaching assistants 23.1
  • Other support 33.1

Teachers 36.1 FTE · Whole workforce 92.3 · 126 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,110
Spend per pupil£6,233
Staff spend per pupil£4,760
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£739,000in-year balance

Grants £7,038 · self-generated £72 · premises £303 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: INSPIRE EDUCATION TRUST (8 academies) · trust reserve £2,173,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it