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The Canons C of E Primary School

Primary · Bedworth · CV12 8RT

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 March 2025

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At a glance

628 pupils · 100% of 630 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
23.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.thecanonsprimary.co.uk
URN
125689

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 119 families named it first for 89 Reception places, 1.34 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.705 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its inspection on 11 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.34 first-choice applications per place

89 places offered · 119 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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 0.705 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.705 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
75%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school75%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
Warwickshire average62.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Newton-le-Willows Primary SchoolNewton-le-Willows · 83 miles awayNeeds attention58%
Darlinghurst AcademyLeigh-on-Sea · 111 miles awayGood (2019)68%
Marian Vian Primary SchoolBeckenham · 97 miles awayGood83%
Woodlands Primary SchoolTonbridge · 116 miles awayGood (2019)74%
St Nicholas CofE PrimaryAlcester · 24 miles awayGood52%
Oakham Primary SchoolOldbury · 24 miles awayGood68%
Whinfield Primary SchoolDarlington · 143 miles awayGood68%
Hampton Primary SchoolHerne Bay · 134 miles awayGood50%
Longmoor Community Primary SchoolLiverpool · 92 miles awayGood70%
Newquay Junior AcademyNewquay · 210 miles awayGood67%
Penistone St John's Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSheffield · 72 miles awayGood74%
Mossbourne Riverside AcademyLondon · 89 miles awayOutstanding (2018)92%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 76% (Warwickshire 68%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 6% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Warwickshire 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (Warwickshire 8%, England 7%) · Black African 2% (Warwickshire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Warwickshire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Warwickshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 5%) · 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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.16 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Warwickshire: 3.32 suspensions and 0.07 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
29.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 3% 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)

58.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.9 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 £44,229; 9.7% 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£6,559
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £528,917; in-year balance +£54,277

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher16.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications27.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways31.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health39%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier50.6%62.3%
Social housing38.9%17.1%
Privately rented9.9%20.5%
Detached houses10%22.9%
Flats38.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van34.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031063 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£220,000350 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£175,000–£259,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (55)£297,500
Semi-detached (183)£235,000
Terraced (76)£180,000
Flat (36)£124,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.14 km, 2026 entry): 473 sales, median £220,000. 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
4an 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
8an 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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