Templars Primary School

About Templars Primary School

Templars Primary School in Coventry holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement judgement. The most telling academic metric is the Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard, where 36% of pupils met the benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. This places the school well below the Coventry local authority average of 58% and ranks it 77th out of 80 primary schools in the area, putting it in the bottom 50 nationally. Digging into the individual subjects, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in maths, compared with 53% in reading and 52% in writing. The school's average scaled scores tell a similar story: 102 in maths and 100 in reading. Only 11% of pupils achieved the higher standard in maths, and just 9% did so in reading, with no pupils reaching the higher standard in writing or the combined measure.

The school's most recent graded inspection took place in 2012, when it was rated Good overall with Good leadership and management. An ungraded inspection in March 2022 confirmed the school remains Good, though the report did not provide fresh breakdowns for individual categories like quality of education or behaviour. The previous graded inspection in 2010 had rated the school as Requires Improvement overall, with leadership and management at Requires Improvement and early years provision also at that level. This trajectory suggests a period of consolidation and stability under headteacher Helen Benarous, who leads a large primary of 659 pupils, exceeding its official capacity of 632. The school serves a community with above-average disadvantage, with 36.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Templars offers a broad range of facilities including playing fields, a gymnasium, sports hall, library, music rooms, ICT suite, forest school, and an outdoor playground. Sports provision covers gymnastics, rounders, netball, cricket and cross country, while clubs include book club, coding, chess and science club. The school has extensive SEND provisions, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate to severe learning difficulties, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, autistic spectrum disorder, and social, emotional and mental health needs. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed with 130 applications for 80 places, and 78 of the 79 first-preference applicants received offers. This is a school that suits families who value a broad, inclusive environment with strong pastoral support, but who are realistic about academic outcomes being below local averages.

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