Heathcote Primary School

Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Warwick, Warwickshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.458 miles

Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Heathcote Primary School is a primary school in Warwick, Warwickshire for ages 4–11 (free schools). Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.

Heathcote 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	0.458 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2019	🔒 With a pass

And 1 earlier figure.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.458 miles away, 12th shortest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
That was further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2020; the distance has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2020 to 2021.
There were 47 first-choice applications for 59 Reception offers in 2026; 39 went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Vickers Way, Heathcote, Warwick, CV34 7AP
Type: Free schools
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Warwickshire
Pupils on roll: 428 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 27.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.9

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
“They receive a warm welcome each day from staff, who know them well.”
“Pupils treat each other with tolerance and respect.”

To improve

“This is because they face significant barriers that affect their attendance.”
“However, the teaching of letter formation needs further work in the early years and key stage 1.”
“They teach reading and spelling well, but more work is needed to secure consistency in the teaching of letter formation.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 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)	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: 47 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 39 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

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Straight-line distance, in Warwickshire.

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St. Margaret's CofE Junior School 1.2 mi Good
Briar Hill Infant School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
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