Radford Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.515 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Radford Primary Academy is a primary school in Coventry for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2022. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Radford Primary Academy 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 | 0.515 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
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.515 miles away, the 11th shortest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers, with 28 offers going to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- Lawrence Saunders Road, Radford, Coventry, CV6 1HD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 237 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 October 2022
Strengths
- “This is a school in which everyone is made to feel welcome and included.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They speak positively about how staff help them with their learning.”
To improve
- “However, in some lessons, teachers do not present subject matter clearly or adapt content to meet the learning needs of all pupils.”
- “This can result in pupils having varying learning experiences.”
- “However, younger pupils do not always form letters correctly and some older pupils do not develop enough fluency in their handwriting.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 December 2022 (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) | 52% | 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: 29 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.
- Moseley Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hill Farm Academy 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Osburg's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Spon Gate Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- John Gulson Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Coundon Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published