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Templars Primary School

Primary · Coventry · CV4 9DA

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 16 March 2022

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At a glance

625 pupils · 99% of 632 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
34% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
27.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.templars.coventry.sch.uk
URN
103692

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 70 families named it first for 72 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 16 March 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

72 places offered · 70 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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
53%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school53%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
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
St Brigid's Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham · 17 miles awayGood73%
Fairford Academy BarnehurstBexleyheath · 98 miles awayGood56%
Beeston Primary SchoolLeeds · 95 miles awayGood59%
Monksdown Primary SchoolLiverpool · 91 miles awayGood47%
Kirton Primary SchoolBoston · 73 miles awayGood63%
Fairfield Primary SchoolWidnes · 83 miles awayGood68%
Galley Hill Primary School and NurseryHemel Hempstead · 64 miles awayGood51%
Kingsholm Church of England Primary SchoolGloucester · 46 miles awayRequires improvement56%
Berkeley Primary SchoolScunthorpe · 90 miles awayGood61%
Invicta Primary SchoolLondon · 93 miles awayGood61%
John Bunyan Primary School and NurseryBraintree · 97 miles awayGood55%
Heartsease Primary AcademyNorwich · 123 miles awayGood51%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 54% (Coventry 37%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 9% (Coventry 12%, England 4%) · Black African 9% (Coventry 14%, England 5%) · Any other White background 7% (Coventry 8%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Coventry 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Coventry 6%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Coventry 5%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Coventry 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Coventry 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Coventry 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Coventry 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · 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)
6.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

9.71 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · 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
20.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 6% 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)

75.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.7 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 £48,431; 11.4% 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£7,708
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £284,317; in-year balance -£283,312

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier67.2%62.3%
Social housing8.2%17.1%
Privately rented24.5%20.5%
Detached houses9%22.9%
Flats10%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van19.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009676 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£210,000383 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£173,500–£250,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (35)£360,000
Semi-detached (133)£235,000
Terraced (179)£195,000
Flat (36)£110,000

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

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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