Good Shepherd Catholic School

Academy converter·Primary school Coventry·CV6 7FN
Composite score
61.3
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National rank
#330
In West Midlands
#9
In Coventry
Top 24%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
49
any preference, for 24 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9720230.9720240.9320250.922026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Good Shepherd Catholic School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
242
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
40.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
26.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
28.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,395
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Good Shepherd Catholic School at a glance

Located in Coventry, Good Shepherd Catholic School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 242 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 71% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 11.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Good Shepherd Catholic School their first choice was offered one of its 24 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 28.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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