Whittle Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.881 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Whittle Academy is a primary school in Coventry for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 31 January 2024. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Whittle 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 | 0.881 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 had 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2026 the last Reception place went to a child living 0.881 miles away, the 25th shortest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2024, with the sharpest swing between 2024 and 2025.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 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
- Narberth Way, Coventry, CV2 2LH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 238 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 31 January 2024
Strengths
- “Whittle Academy is an inclusive school with a warm, caring ethos.”
- “Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are particularly well included in school life.”
- “There is a strong sense that everyone will achieve.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of these pupils do not practise and apply new sounds frequently enough.”
- “This slows the pace at which they become confident, fluent readers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 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) | 55% | 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, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Walsgrave Church of England Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Potters Green Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Henley Green Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Moat House Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wyken Croft Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pearl Hyde Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published