Sowe Valley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.631 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sowe Valley Primary School is a primary school in Coventry for ages 4–11 (community school). Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Sowe Valley 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 | 1.631 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 1.631 miles away, the 37th longest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd 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
- Princethorpe Way, Coventry, CV3 2QX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and secure in this inclusive school.”
- “They understand and live by the school values of 'belong, believe, become'.”
- “High expectations for pupils are clear throughout the school.”
To improve
- “However, gaps in learning for some pupils are not always addressed as well as they could be.”
- “In the past, there has been some historical underachievement for some pupils in some subjects.”
- “However, too few pupils consistently achieve high standards in reading compared with national outcomes.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2026 (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) | 62% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Corpus Christi Catholic School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's Church of England Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ernesford Grange Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Willenhall Community Primary School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aldermoor Farm Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Stretton Church of England Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Richard Lee Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published