Richard Lee Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.54 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Richard Lee Primary School 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.
Richard Lee 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 | 2.54 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 2.54 miles away, 25th longest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.52 miles).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2 of the 3 years with a published outcome; for Reception 2026 there were 20 first-choice applications for 21 offers.
- In 2024/25, 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Coventry.
- The Ofsted inspection on 27 January 2026 gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, on 10 May 2023, was Requires improvement.
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
- The Drive, Wyken, Coventry, CV2 5FU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 351 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their lessons and feel part of the school's caring community.”
- “In the early years, staff help the youngest children settle in quickly.”
- “Leaders and staff listen carefully to pupils’ views.”
To improve
- “However, in the early years and in key stages 1 and 2, pupils do not achieve as well as they could in readiness for their next stage of learning.”
- “However, this varies in quality.”
- “At times, this means some pupils with SEND do not learn as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 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) | 53% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 20 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.
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ravensdale Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clifford Bridge Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ernesford Grange Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wyken Croft Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sowe Valley Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published