Finham Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.087 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Finham Primary School is a primary school in Coventry for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 20 June 2024. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Finham 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 | 4.087 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 distance offered was 4.087 miles, further than in 2025 and the 16th longest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published last distance.
- Free school meals eligibility stands at 6.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 13.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Coventry.
- For Reception 2026 there were 51 first-choice applications for 54 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- Green Lane, Coventry, CV3 6EJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 457 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 20 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this highly inclusive school.”
- “Pupils apply these values in their daily learning and relationships.”
- “The result is a harmonious, welcoming school.”
To improve
- “However, the delivery of this is not as consistent as the early reading programme.”
- “As a result, some children are not learning good early writing habits as quickly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 July 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) | 80% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 51 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.
- Grange Farm Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Stivichall Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Howes Community Primary School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Manor Park Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cannon Park Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitley Abbey Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Earlsdon Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published