St Laurences CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.792 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Laurences CofE Primary School is a primary school in Coventry for ages 5–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Laurences CofE 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 | 0.792 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 Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.792 miles, the 22nd shortest of the 79 Coventry primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.52 miles).
- Reception last distances have swung sharply; the biggest move came from 2025 to 2026, when the distance came nearer the school.
- For Reception 2026 there were 32 first-choice applications for 34 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Old Church Road, Coventry, CV6 7ED
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 403 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “St Laurence’s CofE is very distinct in its community spirit.”
- “Pupils live out the school’s vision of ‘Growing in faith, living in hope, learning to love.”
- “They show a genuine care for each other.”
To improve
- “However, there are occasions when the learning activities given to pupils do not always support them to know and remember key knowledge.”
- “When this is the case, some pupils struggle to recall the important knowledge they need.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 December 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) | 64% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 32 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.
- Little Heath Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Good Shepherd Catholic School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Longford Park Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Courthouse Green Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Alderman's Green Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Holbrook Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Grangehurst Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published