John Gulson Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.606 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
John Gulson Primary School is a primary school in Coventry for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
John Gulson 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 | 2.606 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 2.606 miles away, the 23rd longest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and the middle figure across those 79 schools was 1.52 miles.
- Reception 2026 had 50 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 5 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 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
- George Street, Coventry, CV1 4HB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 496 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 June 2024
Strengths
- “John Gulson Primary School places inclusivity at the heart of everything it does.”
- “The school values everyone, adult or pupil, as an individual and as a member of the school family.”
- “A warm welcome awaits as you enter the school and happy, smiley faces are everywhere.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, such as the creative arts, the use of assessment is less well embedded.”
- “Additionally, assessment within lessons is not used consistently well in all classes, including in the Nursery and Reception classes.”
- “This means occasionally teachers do not identify gaps in learning or misconceptions pupils have or provide pupils with the resources or support they need to help them learn well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 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) | 67% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 50 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.
- Sidney Stringer Primary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Broad Heath Community Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Frederick Bird Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southfields Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Stanton Bridge Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Joseph Cash Primary School 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Radford Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published