St Anne's Catholic Primary School

About St Anne's Catholic Primary School

Parents considering St Anne's Catholic Primary School in Coventry will find a school that local families clearly want to get into. In the 2025/26 admissions round, the school received 56 applications for just 20 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.8. Of those 56 applicants, 16 put St Anne's as their first preference, and all 16 were offered a place. That first-preference offer rate of 100% is a strong signal that families who really want the school tend to get in, though the overall competition for places is stiff. The school is a state-funded Roman Catholic primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 3 to 11, with a nursery on site. It currently has 242 pupils on roll, which is above its official capacity of 210, so it's clearly a popular choice. The headteacher is Rachael Batson, and the school's most recent Ofsted inspection, in 2022, rated it Good overall, with Good marks for leadership, management, early years provision, and behaviour and attitudes.

Academically, St Anne's sits in the middle of the pack locally. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That's a touch below the Coventry local authority average of 58%. The school's ranking within the local authority is 54th out of 80 primary schools, placing it in the bottom half. Nationally, it sits at 9,568th out of 13,686 schools. Breaking the results down, reading was the strongest subject, with 73% of pupils hitting the expected standard and an average score of 104. Writing and maths both saw 65% and 54% at expected respectively, while maths had a higher proportion reaching the higher standard (23%) compared with reading (15%) and writing (8%). Only 8% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects. The school's previous Ofsted inspection in 2014 rated it Requires Improvement, so the jump to Good in 2016 and the confirmation of that rating in the 2022 ungraded inspection shows clear improvement.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a library, outdoor playground, gymnasium, dining hall, playing fields, sports hall and a chapel. Sports on offer include cricket, athletics, netball, gymnastics, football, swimming and cross country, while clubs extend to eco club, chess, gardening, film club and coding. For families with children who have additional needs, St Anne's lists SEND provisions covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. The school is oversubscribed, so applying early and ideally as a first preference is advisable. It suits Catholic families in Coventry who want a faith-based primary with a nursery, a broad extracurricular offer, and a school that has improved its Ofsted rating from Requires Improvement to Good. For those prioritising top academic results, the local authority has two Outstanding primaries, the nearest being Sidney Stringer Primary Academy about 3.5 km away.

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