Howes Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.031 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Howes Community Primary School is a primary school in Coventry for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 10 April 2024. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Howes Community 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 | 1.031 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
- Ofsted rated it Requires improvement on 10 April 2024, while all 8 nearest primary schools in Coventry hold a Good outcome.
- In 2024/25, 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Coventry.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.031 miles away, 30th shortest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published last distance.
- Free school meal eligibility is 30.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 13.1% across 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
- Palermo Avenue, Cheylesmore, Coventry, CV3 5EH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 182 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 10 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are extremely proud to belong to this highly inclusive school.”
- “The school plays a vital part in their daily lives.”
- “Therefore, the school's values of kindness and respect are central to the way everyone behaves.”
To improve
- “However, too many pupils miss school too frequently.”
- “Disadvantaged pupils achieved less well in reading.”
- “Among some older pupils, there is still work to do to ensure that weaknesses in handwriting and spelling are addressed and gaps in their basic writing skills close.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 September 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) | 61% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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 Thomas More Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Manor Park Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitley Abbey Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Grange Farm Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stivichall Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Finham Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published