St John Fisher Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Coventry·CV2 3NR
Composite score
51.7
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#6,630
National rank
#670
In West Midlands
#20
In Coventry
Top 45%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
55 first choices, 57 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
94
any preference, for 57 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8920220.9220231.0020241.0520250.962026

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

Every child who put St John Fisher Catholic Primary 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
461
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
27.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,444
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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St John Fisher Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Coventry, St John Fisher Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 461 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 21.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 45% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St John Fisher Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 55 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 26.0 pupils per teacher. St John Fisher Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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