Leigh Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
29 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Leigh Church of England Academy is a primary school in Coventry for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Leigh Church of England 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 | 29 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
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 29 miles away, the 2nd longest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and the last distance was further than in 2025.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 27.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 across 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
- Plants Hill Crescent, Tile Hill, Coventry, CV4 9RQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 216 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Leigh Church of England Academy are happy, friendly and curious.”
- “Staff warmly welcome pupils as they enter school.”
- “As a result, pupils across the school listen well, work hard and settle quickly into their learning.”
To improve
- “However, many older pupils still have gaps in their knowledge.”
- “This means they are not as well prepared for secondary education as they need to be.”
- “Too many pupils do not yet attend well.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 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) | 52% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.
- Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Templars Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Limbrick Wood Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Charter Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Mount Nod Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John Vianney Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Eastern Green Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- Park Hill Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published