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Holy Family Catholic Primary School

  • Ofsted: Good · Jun 2023
  • Ages 3 to 11
  • Coventry CV6
  • 459 pupils

In short: a popular primary school with a nursery, in a better-off part of the area. Ofsted rated it Good in 2023. Recent results are above average, and attendance is close to average.

Young children sitting together at a classroom table
A red-brick school building under a blue sky

Eduscope rank score

How it ranks in England

A score out of 100 against schools of the same phase, from Ofsted, results and attendance.

DfE and Ofsted dataHow we work this out

Good to know

  • Good at its last graded inspection, in June 2023.
  • In demand. In 2026, 79 families put it first and 57 of them got a place. It made 59 Reception offers in all.
  • Results above average. 66% met the standard. England: 62%.

Worth checking

  • Hard to get into. 79 families put it first, and it made 59 offers.
Check my chances
  • OfstedGoodJun 2023, 3 years ago
  • Met the standard at 1166%Coventry 60% · England 62%
  • Reception, 202657 of 79first choices got a place
  • Free school meals15%Coventry 25%
  • Pupils459Room for 420, so it's full
  • Days missed4.8%About 9 days a year
Then and now

Good in 2023

Ofsted rated the school Good in 2013. 10 years later it was still Good.

Every Ofsted visit

Ofsted inspects every state school every few years. Choose a year to see what they found.

Rated Satisfactory in 2011, then Good at the next inspection in 2013.

What Ofsted found in June 2023

  • SafeguardingEffective
  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
  • Personal developmentOutstanding
  • LeadershipGood
  • Early yearsGood
Read the 2023 report on Ofsted

Earlier visits

Other Ofsted documents (1)

Letters and checks that aren't inspections, such as academy conversions, complaints and desk assessments. They don't change the school's grade.

A teacher helping a group of children working at their tables2022-23 vs now
How the school compares now with 2022-23
Measure2022-23Now
Ofsted gradeGoodGood
Met the standard at 1160%66%
Pupils445459

Mrs Grainne Griffiths, headteacher.

The four grades, in plain English

Outstanding
Much better than the minimum.
Good
Meets every standard well.
Requires improvement
Not yet good. Ofsted will be back soon.
Inadequate
Serious problems that must be fixed.
Results

How children do by age 11

At the end of Year 6, children take national tests (called SATs) in reading, writing and maths. Latest results: summer 2025.

About 7 in 10 children met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Expected standard means a child is ready for secondary school work in all three subjects. 2025 tests.

66 out of every 100 Year 6 children
Holy Family66%
Coventry60%
England62%

59 pupils took these tests in 2025, so one child is about 2 percentage points.

Against 4,543 primary schools with a similar share of children on free school meals (10% to 20%), it's ahead of about 46% on the expected standard over recent years.

A girl reading a book on library stairs

Test scores, 2025

100 means the child met the standard. The highest possible is 120.

Reading106
England106
Maths106
England105

Grammar and spelling: 71% met the standard (England 73%).

Every result, year by yearEach England row is the figure for the same year.
20252024202320222021202020192018
Pupils tested596058–––5959
Met the expected standard66%63%60%–––66%73%
England62%61%60%65%64%
Higher standard0%0%3%–––5%2%
England8%8%8%11%10%
Reading score106105103–––104105
England106105105104105
Maths score106106105–––105105
England105104104105104
Grammar and spelling71%75%76%–––81%83%
England73%72%72%78%78%
Disadvantaged pupils8912–––188
Disadvantaged, expected standard25%56%33%–––50%75%
England47%46%44%51%51%
Other pupils, expected standard73%65%67%–––73%73%
England69%67%66%71%70%
Reading progress––-1.1–––-2-1.4
Writing progress––-0.8–––-0.6-1.6
Maths progress––+0.9–––-1.4-0.4

The expected standard is the level the government expects at the end of Year 6, in reading, writing and maths together. The higher standard is well above it. Scores run from 80 to 120, and 100 meets the expected standard.

Disadvantaged pupils are those on free school meals in the last 6 years, or in care. Each group's England row is the same group across England. Small groups swing a lot from year to year, and a dash means DfE published no figure, often to protect small groups.

Progress compares children with others who started from the same point, and 0 is average. There are no scores after 2023, because the Year 2 tests they're measured from were cancelled in Covid.

Source: DfE, Find school and college performance data.

There were no national tests in 2020 and 2021 because of Covid. Tests came back in 2022, but DfE didn't publish school results for that year.

Holy Family among primary schools in Coventry

Each dot is one school, placed by the share of children meeting the expected standard.

Coventry 60%England 62%20%40%60%80%100%Stretton Church of England Academy: 23%Hearsall Community Academy: 34%Gosford Park Primary School: 35%John Shelton Community Primary School: 37%St Bartholomew's Church of England Academy: 39%Holbrook Primary School: 41%Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School: 43%Keresley Grange Primary School: 43%Edgewick Community Primary School: 44%Frederick Bird Academy: 44%Longford Park Primary School: 45%Spon Gate Primary School: 46%St Anne's Catholic Primary School: 48%Henley Green Primary: 48%Willenhall Community Primary School: 48%Moat House Primary School: 50%Corpus Christi Catholic School: 51%Radford Primary Academy: 52%Leigh Church of England Academy: 52%Little Heath Primary School: 52%Eastern Green Junior School: 53%Templars Primary School: 53%Richard Lee Primary School: 53%Grangehurst Primary School: 54%Allesley Hall Primary School: 55%Whittle Academy: 55%Pearl Hyde Community Primary School: 56%Hollyfast Primary School: 57%Coundon Primary School: 57%St Patrick's Catholic Primary School: 57%Broad Heath Community Primary School: 58%All Saints Church of England Primary School: 58%Mount Nod Primary School: 58%Park Hill Primary School: 59%Whitmore Park Primary School: 59%St John's Church of England Academy: 59%Potters Green Primary School: 59%Stoke Primary School: 60%SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School: 60%Alderman's Green Primary School: 60%Howes Community Primary School: 61%Sowe Valley Primary School: 62%Wyken Croft Primary School: 62%St Osburg's Catholic Primary School: 62%Courthouse Green Primary School: 62%St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School: 62%Earlsdon Primary School: 63%St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School: 63%St Augustine's Catholic Primary School: 63%Christ The King Catholic Primary School: 63%Whoberley Hall Primary School: 64%Ravensdale Primary School: 64%St Laurences CofE Primary School: 64%Clifford Bridge Academy: 64%Whitley Abbey Primary School: 65%Allesley Primary School: 65%Joseph Cash Primary School: 65%All Souls' Catholic Primary School: 65%Holy Family: 66%John Gulson Primary School: 67%Hill Farm Academy: 67%St John Fisher Catholic Primary School: 67%Charter Academy: 67%Limbrick Wood Primary School: 67%Ernesford Grange Primary School: 68%Stoke Heath Primary School: 68%Parkgate Primary School: 68%Sidney Stringer Primary Academy: 69%Walsgrave Church of England Academy: 69%Aldermoor Farm Primary School: 70%Seva School: 70%Southfields Primary School: 71%Good Shepherd Catholic School: 71%St Christopher Primary School: 73%St Thomas More Catholic Primary School: 73%Grange Farm Primary School: 76%Moseley Primary School: 76%Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School: 77%St Gregory's Catholic Primary School: 77%Stanton Bridge Primary School: 77%Stivichall Primary School: 80%Finham Primary School: 80%Manor Park Primary School: 83%Cannon Park Primary School: 86%St John Vianney Catholic Primary School: 86%Holy Family 66%
Holy Family is higher than 58 of 84 other Coventry state primary schools in 2025.
Getting in

Could your child get a place?

In 2026 some families who put Holy Family first didn't get a place.

141 families applied and 59 were offered Reception places

Families list several schools, so this counts every family who listed it, not only those who put it first. 79 families put it first, and 22 of them didn't get a place.

● 59 places: each figure is about 10◌ 22 first choices without a place

Over the last 3 rounds, 174 of 219 families who put it first got a place (79%). In 2026, 2 of the 59 places went to families who put it lower or didn't list it, because they came first under the admissions rules. Room for 420 suggests about 60 places a year. The exact number is in the school's admissions policy.

Demand has fallen in 12 years

Applications each year. The black line is how many places were offered.

ApplicationsPlaces offered

Who gets a place first

When there are more children than places, most schools give places in an order like this. Check the school's own policy.

  1. 1Children in care, or who used to be
  2. 2Children with a brother or sister already at the school
  3. 3Families of the school's faith, if it's a faith school

Good to know: a place in the nursery doesn't guarantee a Reception place. You still need to apply.

How close do you need to live? Ask the council for Coventry for the last distance offered. Many councils publish it each year, but there's no national file, so we don't hold it.

If you don't get a place: you can appeal. In Coventry, 47 of the 150 appeals heard for places from September 2025 succeeded. Across England, 15% did.

A parent walking two children along the pavement
Three children with backpacks crossing a street

Applying for September 2027

These dates are for the next round. The figures above are for children who started in September 2026.

  • Now

    Open days run in the autumn. Ask the school for dates.

  • 15 Jan 2027

    Deadline to apply to the council for Coventry.

  • 16 Apr 2027

    Offers day. You'll hear from the council.

  • Sep 2027

    Your child starts Reception.

Applications and offers, year by yearEach England row is for the same year and kind of school.
2026202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Applications141128135129108116156162141177175189162
First choices79627864565876818074798390
Offers made59596060595860605860606060
Offers to first choices57576059515660575758595560
First choices who got a place72%92%77%92%91%97%79%70%71%78%75%66%67%
England92%93%93%93%92%92%90%91%91%90%88%88%88%

Each year is the September children started. A first choice is a family who put the school first on their form. Offers are those made on national offer day, so later moves aren't counted. They can differ from the school's full number of places, which is in its admissions policy.

Source: DfE, Applications and offers.

Day to day

Life at Holy Family

The average child misses about 9 days a year

That's 4.8% of the school year, for any reason including illness. And 1 in 9 children (11%) missed at least 1 day in 10, which counts as persistently absent. Coventry: 16%. England, primary schools: about 13%.

In schoolMissed

2% of pupils were suspended at least once in 2024/25

12 suspensions in all, 2.7 for every 100 pupils. Across England, similar schools: 1.1%. No permanent exclusions.

Nursery classFrom age 3. 39 children this year.

Before and after schoolWe don't hold club times. Ask the school.

Pupils

Who goes to Holy Family

A steady school: 472 pupils in 2018, 459 now.

Year 6, in darker blue, is the year group that sits the tests at 11.
Children in front of a bookshelf

Ethnic background

58% White British · 9% White Other · 9% African · 7% Asian Other · 17% in smaller groups

  • 15%

    Free school meals

    Children from lower-income families. The school gets extra money to support them.

    Coventry25.3%

  • 25.9%

    English as an additional language

    Children who speak another language at home. It says nothing about how well they speak English.

    Coventry38.9%

  • 24.2%

    Special educational needs

    Children with special educational needs, with or without an EHC plan.

    Main needs recorded (pupils)

    • Speech, language and communication37
    • Autism16
    • Social, emotional and mental health7

    Coventry22.1%

  • 3.9%

    EHC plan

    Children with a legal plan for more complex needs (an Education, Health and Care plan).

Pupils and attendance, year by yearEach England row is for the same year and kind of school.
2026202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Pupils on roll459449449445451454–469472––––
Days missed–4.8%4.7%5.5%5%2.6%–3.8%3.4%3.6%3.4%3.5%3.3%
England5.2%5.5%5.9%6.3%3.7%4%4.2%4%4%4%3.9%
Often absent–10.7%9.2%16.5%10.4%2.7%–5%4.4%4.1%4.4%5%6.1%
England13%14.5%16.2%17.7%8.8%8.2%8.7%8.3%8.2%8.4%8%

Each year is the school year ending that summer, so 2025 means 2024-25. Days missed is the share of school sessions missed for any reason. Often absent is the share of pupils missing at least 1 day in 10.

Source: DfE, school census and pupil absence.

Attendance for 2026 isn't published yet.

2021 attendance was shaped by Covid, so read it with care.

There are no 2020 figures: Covid stopped the attendance count, and we don't hold that year's pupil numbers.

Our pupil numbers start in 2018.

Open day

What to ask when you visit

Based on what the data says about Holy Family. Take this list with you.

  1. 1“How will you use the money in reserve?”The school had £249,422 saved at the last count.
  2. 2“Does a nursery place help with getting into Reception?”In 2026, 141 families applied and 59 were offered places.
  3. 3“How do you support children who need extra help?”24.2% of pupils have special educational needs here.
Nearby

Other primary schools nearby

Popular schools fill up, so it's wise to list more than one. Here's how Holy Family compares with its neighbours.

See all Coventry primaries
Ofsted: GoodYou're here

Holy Family Catholic Primary School

CV6 2GU · Voluntary Aided School · 459 pupils

Met the standard
66%
Days missed
4.8%
Pupils per teacher
27.6
Ofsted: Good

Parkgate Primary School

CV6 4GF · Academy · Primary · Ages 3–11

Met the standard
68%
Days missed
5.9%
Pupils per teacher
21.5
Ofsted: Requires improvement in 3 areas

Whitmore Park Primary School

CV6 2HG · State · Primary · Ages 3–11

Met the standard
59%
Days missed
6.2%
Pupils per teacher
23.3
Ofsted: Good

John Shelton Community Primary School

CV6 4JP · State · Primary · Ages 2–11

Met the standard
37%
Days missed
6.0%
Pupils per teacher
21.4

Keep an eye on Holy Family

We'll email you when there's a new Ofsted report, new results or new admissions figures. Nothing else.

Staff and money

Teachers, and what the school spends

1 teacher for every 28 children

Children per teacher across the whole school, not class size. Coventry: 22. England, primary schools: 20.7. Counting teaching assistants and other support staff, there's 1 adult for every 14 children.

Average class: 31 children.

16.4teachers (full-time equivalent)
14.7teaching assistants
100%of teachers fully qualified
Pupils in a classroom while their teacher presents
Staff, year by yearEach England row is for the same year and kind of school.
2026202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011
Pupils per teacher27.62726.529.729.327.723.522.923.121.523.220.921.821.323.723.7
England20.720.820.820.720.620.620.920.920.920.620.520.420.520.520.520.5
Teachers (full-time)16.416.416.7151515.718.819.419.320.719.221.320.420.718.718.7
Teaching assistants14.712.313.312.813.413.112.414.816.116.417.817.316.614.312.4–
Qualified teachers100%94%100%100%100%100%89%90%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%

Each year is the November staff count of that school year, so 2025 means 2024-25. Pupils per teacher covers the whole school, not class size. Full-time counts two half-time teachers as one. Qualified means holding qualified teacher status.

Source: DfE, School workforce in England.

£6,390 spent on each child a year

2025 to 2026. Up from £4,386 in 2015.

  • Staff (teachers, assistants and others)£5,24882%
  • Buildings and grounds£2494%
  • Everything else: books, IT, food, supplies£89214%
Money in
£6,477
Spent
£6,390

These are the school's own accounts. In 2025-26 it took in £39,746 more than it spent (£88 per pupil). Money left over goes into its reserves.

The school had £249,422 saved (£551 per pupil) in 2026. Reserves are for a rainy day, but they're meant to benefit pupils. Worth asking how they'll be used.

Money per pupil, year by yearEach England row is for the same year and kind of school.
202620252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Spending£6,390£6,100£5,708£5,356£4,790£4,609£4,782£4,735£4,400£4,463£4,168£4,386
England£7,039£6,588£6,167£5,758£5,397£5,306£5,126£5,058£5,066
Income£6,477£6,008£5,702£5,162£5,039£4,741£4,747£4,578£4,546£4,524£4,292£4,409
Staff costs£5,248£4,977£4,540£4,072£3,809£3,715£3,688£3,420£3,298£3,365––
Buildings and grounds£249£229£294£413£221£207£238£342£189£168––
Reserves£551£473£566£571£774£529£393£424£581£436£373£249

Each year is the financial year ending in that year. Per pupil means the year's total divided by the number of pupils. These are day-to-day figures: big building projects aren't counted.

Source: DfE, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

The basics

School details

Ages
3 to 11, with nursery
Type
Voluntary Aided School
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Size
459 pupils (39 in nursery), 420 places
Headteacher
Mrs Grainne Griffiths
Council
Coventry
Address
Holy Family Catholic Primary, Penny Park Lane, Coventry, West Midlands, CV6 2GU
Phone
024 7633 3631
Website
www.holyfamily.coventry.sch.uk
School number (URN)
103726 · See it on the government register
Questions

Questions parents ask

Is Holy Family Catholic Primary School a good school?

Ofsted rated it Good in June 2023. In 2025, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Coventry and 62% across England. Visit, and read the latest inspection report.

What is Holy Family Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated it Good in June 2023. Ofsted no longer gives one overall grade, so its next inspection will give a report card that grades each area. The full report on Ofsted's website explains what it does well and what it needs to improve.

What are Holy Family Catholic Primary School's SATs results?

In 2025, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Coventry and 62% across England. 0% reached the higher standard, against 5% in Coventry and 8% across England. Its average scaled scores were 106 in reading and 106 in maths, where 100 is the expected standard.

How does Holy Family Catholic Primary School compare with other schools in Coventry?

66% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2025. That puts it 27th of 85 mainstream state primary schools in Coventry with published results that year.

How hard is it to get a place?

In 2026, 141 families applied and 59 were offered Reception places, and 79 families put it as their first choice. Not every family who put it first got a place, so list more than one school.

Does Holy Family have a nursery?

Yes, it has a nursery class. A nursery place doesn't guarantee a Reception place, so you still need to apply.

Is it a faith school?

Yes. Its religious character is Roman Catholic. Faith schools can give priority to families of that faith, so check its admissions policy.

How do you work out the Eduscope rank score?

We compare the school with others of the same phase across England on its latest Ofsted inspection, results and attendance, and turn that into a score out of 100. The weights are on our methodology page. Admissions, staff and money aren't part of it.

Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce, academy accounts, admissions statistics, Ofsted and ISI. Photos are stand-ins. School details and inspections checked against official records on 5 November 2026.

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