Coton Green Primary School

About Coton Green Primary School

Coton Green Primary School sits in an interesting spot within Staffordshire’s primary landscape. Its headline KS2 figure — 55% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths — falls below the local authority average of 65%. That ten-point gap is worth noting, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. The school ranks 159th out of 308 primaries in the county, placing it just inside the bottom half of Staffordshire schools. In Tamworth specifically, it comes 9th out of 21, which is a middling position. The school’s capacity is 420, but it currently has 317 pupils on roll, meaning there’s room to grow. Around 19.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, a figure that gives some context to the academic results. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024 rated it Good across the board — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision all came back as Good.

Digging into the KS2 results, the picture is more nuanced than the headline suggests. In reading, 74% of pupils met the expected standard and 32% reached a higher standard, with an average score of 105. Writing saw 83% at expected and 17% at higher. Maths was weaker: 62% at expected, 9% at higher, with an average score of 102. Only 6% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects. The school has no Progress 8 data available, so it’s hard to say how much value it adds relative to pupils’ starting points. Ofsted’s previous inspection in 2011 also rated the school Good overall, though early years provision at that time was judged as Requires Improvement — the 2024 inspection upgraded that to Good. Parent feedback is broadly positive: 87% of respondents would recommend the school, and strong majorities agreed that children are happy (90% strongly agree or agree) and feel safe (91%).

On the practical side, Coton Green offers a decent range of facilities including a library, ICT suite, sports hall, music rooms, art studios, a sensory room, and a forest school area. Sports on offer include athletics, football, netball and gymnastics, while clubs cover drama, book club and art club. The school’s SEND provisions are comprehensive, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: 97 applications for 56 places, with 49 first-preference offers made. That’s a ratio of 1.73 applicants per place, so it’s competitive but not wildly so. This is a school that suits families who value a Good-rated, well-equipped primary with strong SEND support and a forest school ethos, but who are realistic about academic outcomes sitting slightly below the county average.

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