Coleshill Church of England Primary School

About Coleshill Church of England Primary School

Coleshill Church of England Primary School’s headline Key Stage 2 result sits slightly above the Warwickshire local authority average for primary schools. In the 2023/24 academic year, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the LA average of 62%. That three-point gap is modest but consistent, and it places the school 68th out of 196 primary schools in the county. Within the North Warwickshire borough specifically, the school ranks 9th out of 21 primary schools, putting it in the top half locally. The school’s overall Ofsted rating is Good, a grade it has held across both its most recent inspections. In the 2022 graded inspection, every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — was judged Good. The previous inspection in 2015 also rated overall effectiveness as Good, so there is a clear track record of consistent, solid performance.

Digging into the detail of the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the school’s strongest subject was reading, where 88% of pupils reached the expected standard and 37% achieved a higher standard. The average reading score was 108, comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. In maths, 84% met the expected standard and 21% reached the higher standard, with an average score of 106. Writing was the weakest area: 75% reached the expected standard and only 12% achieved the higher standard. The combined expected standard of 65% is a useful headline, but the gap between reading and writing suggests that literacy support in writing may be an area to watch. The school’s national ranking for the combined expected standard is 5987 out of 13686 primary schools, placing it in the 43rd percentile nationally — solidly middle-of-the-pack. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points.

Coleshill Church of England Primary is a state primary for children aged 2 to 11, with a nursery on site. It is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 reception intake, there were 76 applications for 32 places, and 31 of those 32 places went to first-preference applicants. That oversubscription ratio of 2.38 means competition for places is real, so families should be prepared to apply early and live within the catchment area. The school has a Church of England religious character, and the facilities include a forest school, a chapel, a library, music rooms and an outdoor playground. Sports on offer include athletics, swimming, cricket, netball and cross country, and clubs range from chess and coding to gardening and art. The SEND provision is broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder. With 23% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a reasonably mixed catchment. This is a solid, well-regarded local primary that performs slightly above the county average, but families should weigh the writing results and the competitive admissions process carefully.

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