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Longford Park Primary School

Primary · Coventry · CV6 7AT

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 19 November 2024

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At a glance

224 pupils · 107% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
28.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
43.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.longfordpark.coventry.sch.uk/
URN
103648

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.601 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2025. At its inspection on 19 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.601 miles for 2025 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 0.601 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

29 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
45%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school45%
Median of its 12 closest peers57%
Coventry average60.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-LyneAshton-under-Lyne · 77 miles awayNeeds attention57%
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston · 104 miles awayGood41%
Whoberley Hall Primary SchoolCoventry · 4 miles awayGood64%
Greenacres Primary AcademyOldham · 80 miles awayStrong standard57%
St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyManchester · 77 miles awayInadequate65%
St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolWarrington · 80 miles awayGood66%
Priorswood Primary SchoolTaunton · 120 miles awayGood44%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, MoorthorpePontefract · 80 miles awayGood55%
Fonthill Primary AcademyBristol · 80 miles awayGood47%
John Shelton Community Primary SchoolCoventry · 1 miles awayNo current grade37%
St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolNorthampton · 29 miles awayGood63%
St. Michael's AcademyYeovil · 114 miles awayGood75%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
67 of 67 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 26% (Coventry 37%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 22% (Coventry 12%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 13% (Coventry 5%, England 5%) · Black African 11% (Coventry 14%, England 5%) · Any other White background 7% (Coventry 8%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Coventry 6%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Coventry 3%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Coventry 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Coventry 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Coventry 2%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Coventry 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.44 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Coventry: 3.39 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

70% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 30% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,730; 18.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,932
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £169,403; in-year balance -£41,283

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications25.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work19.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier45.3%62.3%
Social housing17.7%17.1%
Privately rented37%20.5%
Detached houses9.8%22.9%
Flats21.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van31.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032538 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£188,000316 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£158,000–£225,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (21)£284,000
Semi-detached (99)£208,000
Terraced (175)£180,000
Flat (21)£125,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.97 km, 2025 entry): 300 sales, median £189,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
29an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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