How primary school places were allocated for September 2023

Local Authority Community Schools, Voluntary Controlled Schools and Academy Schools

The Admissions Policy of the City Council in the event of over-subscription for Local Authority Community, Voluntary Controlled Primary and some Academy Schools for 2022 entry is:

All children with an Education, Health and Care Plan that name the school will be admitted before all other applicants.

  • Criteria 1: Children who, at the time of admission, are in the care of a local authority or are provided with accommodation by the authority (looked after children). Also children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order. This also includes those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.  A looked after child is defined in Section 22 of the Children Act 1989.
  • Criteria 2: To children who live in the catchment area served by the school, who have a brother or sister attending the school provided that the brother or sister will continue to attend that school the following year;
  • Criteria 3: To other children who live in the catchment area served by the school;
  • Criteria 4: To children who live outside the catchment area with a brother or sister who currently attends the school provided that the brother or sister will continue to attend that school the following year;
  • Criteria 5: To children of Staff who have been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application for the school place; or recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage;
  • Criteria 6: To all other children

If it was not possible to meet all the requests in any one of the categories described above, the City Council has prioritised the requests based on the distance to the school.  A straight-line measurement has been made from the child's home address to the centre of the preferred school site. The address used must be the child's permanent home address. The shortest measurement has highest priority.

Advisory Centre for Education (ACE)

ACE provides independent advice to parents/carers of children in state-funded schools on admissions and appeals. Visit their website: www.ace-ed.org.uk

Allocation of Coventry primary school places for September 2023 as of National Offer day 17 April 2023

On 17 April 2023 we have been able to offer places at requested schools to most applicants, and the majority of primary schools still have some places available. In the table below we have listed the 35 schools that are full. It was not possible to offer places to all who requested them and places at these oversubscribed schools were allocated using the criteria in each school admissions policy.

The table shows the number of places offered to all those who applied on time (by 15 January 2023) and where the school was oversubscribed, we include details of the last place offered. 

In the section on last places offered we list the criteria that the offer was made under eg catchment area. If you click on the name of the school this will take you to their admissions policy for 2023 for further details. We also show the distance from the school to the home address of the last child given a place.

 

School

Places offered

Details and distance of last place offered/last offer made

All Saints’ CE Primary

30

Criteria 4 (sibling) some offered up to a distance of 1.092 of a mile

All Souls Catholic

30

All requests offered

Broad Heath Primary

90

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 0.4 miles

Corpus Christi Catholic

60

Criteria 8 (non-catholic children) some up to a distance of 0.989 miles

Cannon Park Primary

30

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 2.364 miles

Coundon Primary

60

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 2.299 miles

Earlsdon Primary

60

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 0.74 of a mile

Ernesford Grange Primary

60

All requests offered

Finham Primary

60

Criteria 5 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 1.981 miles

Good Shepherd Catholic

30

All requests offered

Gosford Park Primary

60

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 0.965 miles

Holy Family Catholic

61

Criteria 8 (non-catholic children) some up to a distance of 0.348 of a mile

John Shelton Primary

30

Criteria 3 (Catchment) some offered up to a distance of 0.264 miles

Longford Park Primary

30

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 0.235 of a mile

Manor Park Primary

90

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 0.594 miles

Moseley Primary

60

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 0.662 miles

Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic

30

Criteria 8 (non-catholic children) some up to a distance of 0.442 of a mile

Radford Academy

30

Criteria 5 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 0.425 of a mile

Ravensdale Primary

60

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 0.83 of a mile

Sacred Heart Catholic

60

Criteria 8 (non-catholic children) some offered up to a distance of 0.168 of a mile

Sidney Stringer Primary

60

Criteria 4 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 0.444 of a mile

Spon Gate Primary

30

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 0.219 miles

St Anne’s Catholic

30

Criteria 8 (non-catholic children) some up to a distance of 0.58 of a mile

St Christopher Primary

60

All requests allocated

St John’s CE Primary

30

Criteria C (distance) some offered up to a distance of 0.999 of a mile

St John Vianney Catholic

30

Criteria 5 (other Baptised Catholic children) some offered up to a distance of 1.469 of a mile

St Osburg’s Catholic

30

All requests allocated

St Patrick’s Catholic

30

Criteria 8 (non-catholic children) some offered up to a distance of 0.431 of a mile

St Thomas More Catholic

30

Criteria 8 (non-catholic children) some offered up to a distance of 0.458 of a mile

Stivichall Primary

75

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 1.054 miles

Stoke Primary

60

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 0.766 of a mile

Stoke Heath Primary

60

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 0.439 of a mile

Whittle Academy

30

All requests allocated

Whoberley Hall Primary

30

Criteria 6 (distance) some offered up to a distance of 1.586 miles

Wyken Croft Primary

120

All requests allocated

If your child has been allocated a place at a school you did not request (rank 8) this is because Coventry have been unable to accommodate your preferences, as a result a place has been reserved for your child at the nearest school with a place available.

If you have been refused a Coventry school place you have the right to appeal against the decision. Register your appeal.


Places at schools in another authority

If your child has been offered a place at a school in another Authority please see details below regarding accepting/refusing the school place.

If you fail to accept the offer of a place it could result in the place being withdrawn.

Warwickshire Admissions Service

01926 414143

Warwickshire requires parents to accept the offer of a place; they need to email: admissions@warwickshire.gov.uk

Solihull School Admissions

0121 704 6693

Solihull requires parents to accept the offer of a place; they need to email: admissions@solihull.gov.uk

Birmingham School Admissions

0121 303 1888
admissions@birmingham.gov.uk

Only inform Birmingham if you wish to refuse the school place offered.

Admissions team - Primary

Monday to Thursday: 8.30am – 5pm, Friday: 8.30am - 4.30pm Telephone line available 10am - 3.30pm.

Telephone: 024 7697 5445