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St Christopher Primary School

Allesley Old Road, Allesley, Coventry, CV5 9JG
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027

In 2026 offers reached 0.35 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Coventry City Council offer-day figures, 2026.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.
Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving) · October 2023Top 13% (11/85)Oversubscribed · 1.3 first choices per place (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 3,926th of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Top 13%.
Top 13% (11/85)Rank among 85 Coventry primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
Inspection
School remains Good (Improving), October 2023
Getting in
Oversubscribed; last offer 0.35 mi (2026)
Results
73% expected standard; 12% higher standard
Size
467 pupils; 59 places a year; classes of 29
Run by
Coventry council
Type
Community school
Ages
3 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 73%, against 60% in Coventry.
  • Higher standard: 12%, against 5% in Coventry.
  • Oversubscribed: 1.3 first choices for each place (Reception 2026).
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At a glance

Against Coventry and England
This schoolCoventryEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
73%
Better than Coventry
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
12%
Better than Coventry
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
4.3%
Better than Coventry
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
8.0%
Better than Coventry
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
0.7
Better than Coventry
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
28.8
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
8%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
24.5
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.3
More sought after than Coventry
Coventry and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 77 families put it first for 59 places; 57 of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • School remains Good (Improving) Ofsted · inspected 19 October 2023
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 73% (England 62%) (county 60%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 12% (England 8%) (county 5%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Absence: 4.3% of sessions missed; 8.0% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 4.0% and 6.6% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 1 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 0); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 28.8 pupils; 14% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 24.5 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 59 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 17 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 7 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 10.3 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.4 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Community school is run by its local council (Coventry), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception2026——60—0.35

Source: Council offer-day figures: Coventry City Council, 2026 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception2026597715657
Reception2025494711947
Reception2024494813048
Reception2023606015160
Reception2022585211852
Reception2021474612146
Reception2020606013859
Reception2019606314657
Reception2018585714557
Reception2017606515660

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard73%62%60%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard12%8%5%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)Top 13% (11/85)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
19 October 2023Ungraded visitSchool remains Good (Improving)

Source: Ofsted, 2023.

Coventry league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/254.3%3.1%1.2%8.0%0.3%
2023/244.6%3.0%1.5%9.4%0.8%
2022/234.9%3.4%1.4%8.8%0.3%
Schools with a similar intake4.0%6.6%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (under 10%), the median of 3115 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/250.70.2%30
2023/240.00.0%00
2022/230.00.0%00
Schools with a similar intake0.2

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size28.82025/26
Classes over 30 pupils14%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher24.5November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus59

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20253
20241
20234
20224
20215

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 7 serious and 0 fatal in all; 3 involved a pedestrian, 3 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO210.32024
PM1011.52024
PM257.42024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals8.4%2025/26
First language other than English14%2025/26
SEN support10%2025/26
Education, health and care plan0.9%2025/26
Girls49%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Community school is run by its local council (Coventry), not by an academy trust. DfE, Get Information about Schools

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Coventry City Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Coventry and the Coventry league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.