Good Shepherd Catholic School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.5 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Good Shepherd Catholic School is a primary school in Coventry for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2022. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Good Shepherd Catholic 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 | 2.5 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 there were 22 first-choice applications for 24 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 17th lowest of 84 Coventry primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 2.5 miles, the 26th longest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published last distance, and further out than in 2024.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
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
- Spring Road, Foleshill, Coventry, CV6 7FN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 227 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 33.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 January 2022
Strengths
- “Each morning, pupils pass through the gates of Good Shepherd knowing that they are welcomed as valued members of the school community.”
- “It is a place of welcome, care and hope, deeply rooted in its Catholic mission.”
- “The warmth of relationships is immediately apparent.”
To improve
- “Published outcomes have been lower for disadvantaged pupils than the national average in some recent years.”
- “A small group of pupils continues to experience significant attendance difficulties.”
- “Leaders have correctly identified that this practice is not yet fully consistent across all classes.”
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) | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 22 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 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Courthouse Green Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Laurences CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Edgewick Community Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Holbrook Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Longford Park Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stanton Bridge Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published