Hollyfast Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.39 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hollyfast Primary School is a primary school in Coventry for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Hollyfast Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 5.39 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Coventry.
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 5.39 miles, further than in 2025 and the 7th longest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2026 there were 79 first-choice applications for 85 Reception offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The free school meals figure is 10% of pupils, against a middle figure of 23.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Coventry.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Coventry schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hollyfast Road, Coundon, Coventry, CV6 2AH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 641 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “A new curriculum and a sense of enthusiasm enrich the life of this community.”
- “Every day, happy pupils thrive, surrounded by kindness and care.”
- “This is a school that is committed to getting it right for pupils.”
To improve
- “However, as some of this curriculum is new, the school has not yet had the chance to review its implementation.”
- “This means that, at the moment, the school is unsure if the curriculum in those subjects has had the intended impact.”
- “While exciting and innovative, the changes to the curriculum have created some challenges for the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 57% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 79 first-preference applications, 85 offers in total, 79 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Coventry.
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Coundon Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Keresley Grange Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hill Farm Academy 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitmore Park Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Radford Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Allesley Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published