Gosford Park Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.7 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gosford Park Primary School is a primary school in Coventry for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Gosford Park 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 | 0.7 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.7 miles away, 19th shortest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published last distance; the middle was 1.52 miles.
- That 2026 distance was further from the school than in 2024; for Reception 2026 there were 38 first-choice applications for 39 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 35% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Humber Avenue, Coventry, CV1 2SF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 430 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “Gosford Park is a friendly school.”
- “There is a strong and caring ethos.”
- “Adults build warm relationships with pupils.”
To improve
- “However, this is variable during less structured times, such as lunchtime when pupils find it harder to exercise self-control.”
- “However, the curriculum is not implemented consistently well, including in the early years.”
- “Expectations for some pupils are not high enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 2024 (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) | 35% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 38 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.
- All Saints Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southfields Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Stoke Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Aldermoor Farm Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sidney Stringer Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Frederick Bird Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published