St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.129 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Coventry for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St John Fisher Catholic 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 | 2.129 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, the last child offered a place lived 2.129 miles from the school, the 31st longest of the 79 Coventry primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.52 miles).
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was further from the school than in 2025.
- In 2026 Reception entry, there were 55 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest 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
- St John Fisher Primary School, Wyken, St John Fisher Primary School, Kineton Road, Coventry, CV2 3NR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 458 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and feel welcomed by staff.”
- “They listen to what their friends say and help with any worries that they might have.”
- “Pupils are happy and safe in school.”
To improve
- “This is more effective in some subjects than in others.”
- “This is not the case for all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 October 2023 (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) | 67% | 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: 55 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 55 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.
- Wyken Croft Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Henley Green Primary 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Ravensdale Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stoke Heath Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stoke Primary School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Richard Lee Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Walsgrave Church of England Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published