Frederick Bird Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.58 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Frederick Bird 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.
Frederick Bird 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 | 1.58 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 in 2026 lived 1.58 miles away, the 38th longest of 79 Coventry primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.52 miles).
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 71 first-choice applications for 73 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 44% 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.
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
- Swan Lane, Coventry, CV2 4QQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 855 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 44% | 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: 71 first-preference applications, 73 offers in total, 71 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.
- Stoke Heath Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Stoke Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Stanton Bridge Primary School 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Southfields Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- John Gulson Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Broad Heath Community Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sidney Stringer Primary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published