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All Souls' Catholic Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedRoman Catholic237 pupilsNurseryCoventry
School Chooser Score
64
In line with
similar schools
Likely range 39 to 83, so it could be “above”
Out of 100. Better than 20% of the 50 schools most like it. Getting better year on year.
OfstedGoodConfirmed by Ofsted, April 2024
Reached the expected level at 1165%England 63%
Attendance95.9%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families6%Far fewer than most schools
PlacesFull237 pupils, 210 places
Pupils per teacher22.3School workforce census

All Souls' Catholic Primary School is a Roman Catholic school (voluntary aided) in Coventry for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 237 pupils, 27 more than it has places for. About 6 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 64 out of 100. That puts it in line with schools like it, ahead of 20% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.

Abercorn Road, Chapelfields, Coventry, CV5 8ED024 7667 5836allsoulsschool.co.ukMr Andrew Cooke headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

A shorter visit on 17 April 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

31 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1165%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level6%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score106.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score104.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 67%67%20172018: 86%86%20182019: 63%63%20192023: 45%45%20232024: 60%60%20242025: 65%65%2025
Since 2017: -2%Improving overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017CoventryEngland
Pupils tested313029302827
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths65%60%45%63%86%67%60%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths6%3%0%17%11%7%5%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score106.0105.0104.0108.0107.0106.0104.8105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score104.0104.0102.0105.0106.0105.0104.1104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score106.0106.0104.0108.0110.0110.0105.5105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard90%77%69%87%89%78%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard71%67%55%83%96%78%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)81%77%59%73%89%78%
Reading progressReading progress score-0.7+2.0+0.3-1.1
Maths progressMaths progress score-1.7-1.1-0.1-1.5
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged40%38%67%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged70%48%95%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. Every gap at this school is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
67%63%
Gap 4 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published. As a Roman Catholic school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

Full211 pupils for 210 places, 2024/25
101% full

The school is full, with 1 more pupils than it has places for. More families apply than can get in, so things like how close you live and whether an older brother or sister is already here decide who gets a place. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

Will my child get a place?

The last child to get a place lived 610 m away in 2026. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils, faith and other priority groups are placed first. After that, the closer you live, the better your chances. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.

We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.

How places were given out for September 2026. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child living 610 m from the school, under the faith rule. Living closer than that didn't guarantee a place, but living much further away meant missing out that year.

EntryGot a placeHow far the last child livedSource
2026 Primary30610 m (faith)LA

What a home within 610 m of the school costs

Typical sale price within 610 m of the school£203,675half sold for £180k to £245k
Homes sold244December 2023 to December 2025, Land Registry
Compared with the district-10%a typical home in the district sells for £227,500

Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll237Census January 2026
Places210113% full
Pupils from low-income families6%6% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English14%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support18%43 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan1%3 pupils with a plan
Average class size29.68 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils25%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)6%£20,150 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls127 / 110
White British pupils69%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 29.3 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 30.8 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (33), Moderate learning difficulty (7), emotional and mental health (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Other difficulty or disability (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll237237239234234227
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals6%7%9%10%6%8%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language14%14%16%14%10%15%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support17%16%18%15%17%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans2%1%0%0%0%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.9%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school8.4%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.0%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.1%4.1%4.9%6.2%2.5%3.2%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.0%3.1%3.9%5.7%2.4%3.0%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.0%1.0%1.0%0.5%0.1%0.2%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence8.4%5.4%10.0%17.4%3.3%3.3%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.01.30.40.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers10.1full-time equivalent, 12 people
Pupils per teacher22.3Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers92%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants6.4full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£50,197
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher0.32024/25

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£5,890England £7,738. Total £1.3m
Income per pupil£6,143England £7,697. Total £1.4m
Spent on teachers per pupil£2,910England £3,480
Money in reserve8%A healthy amount put by: £112k, £501 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£57kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£5,890spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m27712 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate79 per 1,000 people14% lower than the England average
Typical house price£227,000Coventry

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Hearsall Community AcademyAcademy420 m433Good 20207Compare
Earlsdon Primary SchoolCouncil770 m416No overall grade 202563Compare
Spon Gate Primary SchoolCouncil0.6 miles224Good 202317Compare
St Christopher Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles467Good 202367Compare
Whoberley Hall Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles219Good 202443Compare
Moseley Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles571Good 202374Compare
St Osburg's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic0.8 miles222No overall grade 202565Compare
St John's Church of England AcademyAcademy1.0 miles179Good 202359Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares All Souls' Catholic Primary School with the 49 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats20%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the bottom quarter of its group. Its score of 64 is 20 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 18 · middle 84 · highest 99100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 49 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than All Souls' Catholic Primary School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St John Vianney Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy1.2 miles234Good 202491Compare
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy15.0 miles204Good 202282Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 64 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 64% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 39 to 83. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%in line
+0.06
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 31 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 2.4 years old
Progress pupils make20%in line
-0.02
DfE progress measure; 31 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%well above
+0.13
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.07
2024/25; 190 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%below
-0.10
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 31 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is All Souls' Catholic Primary School a good school?

It is about average. All Souls' Catholic Primary School scores 64 out of 100. That is in line with schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 20% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 39 to 83, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been getting better over the last five years.

What is All Souls' Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated All Souls' Catholic Primary School good at its last full inspection on 17 April 2024.

How good are All Souls' Catholic Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 65% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 6% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does All Souls' Catholic Primary School have?

237 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 210 places, so it is 113% full.

Is All Souls' Catholic Primary School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?

Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 610 m away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.

What is attendance like at All Souls' Catholic Primary School?

Pupils were in school 95.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 8% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at All Souls' Catholic Primary School?

The average class had 29.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 25% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Abercorn Road, Chapelfields, Coventry, CV5 8ED
Telephone
024 7667 5836
Website
www.allsoulsschool.co.uk
Headteacher
Mr Andrew Cooke
Type of school
Roman Catholic school (voluntary aided) (Voluntary aided school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic, Archdiocese of Birmingham
Local authority
Coventry
Ward
Whoberley
Constituency
Coventry North West
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
103724 · LAESTAB 3313433 · UKPRN 10079442

Where these figures come from