Leigh Church of England Academy

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Composite score
33.8
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National rank
#1340
In West Midlands
#69
In Coventry
Top 86%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
19 first choices, 19 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
33
any preference, for 19 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
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1 per place
1.0020220.9220231.0020240.9620251.002026

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

Every child who put Leigh Church of England Academy 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
219
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
48.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,601
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Leigh Church of England Academy

Leigh Church of England Academy is a primary school in Coventry, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 219 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 4.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Leigh Church of England Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 19 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.5%. There are about 24.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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