St Osburg's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.599 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Osburg's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Coventry for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 April 2025. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Osburg's Catholic 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 | 0.599 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
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 0.599 miles, the 16th shortest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.52 miles).
- The 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2024, and it swung sharply between 2024 and 2025.
- In 2026 there were 30 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th 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
- Upper Hill Street, Coventry, CV1 4AP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 222 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 April 2025
Strengths
- “As a result of the school’s distinctive nurturing ethos, pupils model values such as ‘humility’ and ‘compassion’.”
- “When describing life at this school, pupils speak with unreserved praise for its kind and welcoming atmosphere.”
- “For example, one pupil commented, ‘This is a community of love, education, manners and good will.’”
To improve
- “On occasion, when pupils make mistakes, staff do not address these in a timely enough manner.”
- “This means that pupils sometimes continue to repeat errors.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 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) | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Spon Gate Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Moseley Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Radford Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hearsall Community Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sidney Stringer Primary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Earlsdon Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Souls' Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- John Gulson Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published