Coundon Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.877 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Coundon Primary School is a primary school in Coventry for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 29 January 2025. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Coundon 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 | 2.877 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 2.877 miles away, the 21st longest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2024, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 60 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- Forfield Road, Coundon, Coventry, CV6 1FQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 534 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 29 January 2025
Strengths
- “Coundon Primary School is an inclusive school that recognises and celebrates difference.”
- “The core values of kindness, respect, responsibility and resilience shine through.”
- “Pupils enjoy the nurturing environment provided by staff.”
To improve
- “The full impact of some changes is yet to be realised.”
- “However, in key stage 1, not all pupils are given enough opportunities to practise using their phonics knowledge to write simple words and sentences.”
- “When they do write, some important errors are not being picked up and addressed by staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 March 2025 (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: 60 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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 0.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Hollyfast Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Christopher Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Moseley Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Radford Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hill Farm Academy 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whoberley Hall Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published