Southfields Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.821 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Southfields 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 December 2022. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Southfields 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 | 0.821 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 child offered a place lived 0.821 miles away, the 23rd shortest of the 79 Coventry primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance was nearer the school in 2026 than in 2024 and 2025; the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- There were 43 first-choice applications for 45 Reception 2026 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- East Street, Coventry, CV1 5LS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 450 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Southfields Primary School.”
- “They look forward to coming to school every day.”
- “Leaders have created a haven for pupils within a busy inner-city location.”
To improve
- “Leaders do not yet provide the same opportunities for the youngest pupils in the school.”
- “Some pupils with SEND do not have adapted quality resources they can access during their learning.”
- “This means they do not always get the help they need.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 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) | 71% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 43 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 Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Sidney Stringer Primary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gosford Park Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Frederick Bird Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- John Gulson Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Stoke Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published