Whitley Abbey Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.32 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Whitley Abbey Primary School is a primary school in Coventry for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 June 2023. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Whitley Abbey 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 | 1.32 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 Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.32 miles away, the 35th shortest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025.
- For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 34 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 65% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest 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
- Ashington Grove, Whitley, Coventry, CV3 4DE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 403 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 June 2023
Strengths
- “Whitley Abbey Primary School is a happy, friendly place.”
- “Whether pupils are new to the school or the country, they are quickly made to feel welcome.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
To improve
- “They know that changes to the curriculum have not had time to impact fully on pupils’ results.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, new subject leaders do not yet have the expertise to be able to check how well their curriculum plans are being implemented.”
- “However, there are some small inconsistencies in the way that this is delivered, mainly due to changes in staffing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 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) | 65% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 34 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.
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stretton Church of England Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Howes Community Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Aldermoor Farm Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Manor Park Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi Catholic School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Willenhall Community Primary School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published