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Abbey CofE Infant School

PrimaryAges 2–7Voluntary controlledChurch of England

Nuneaton, CV11 5EL · Warwickshire local authority

Nuneaton’s School Grade B− better than 50% of towns in England

Getting in
52/57
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
197 pupils
109% of its 180 places
Free school meals
23%
23 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Abbey CofE Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 197 pupils for 180 places
  • Ofsted: Inspected, December 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • 91% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (52 of 57)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (CV11 5) sold for a median £170,000; Nuneaton’s is £242,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Abbey CofE Infant School?

91% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

57
families put it first for September 2026
58
places offered
91%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (10), 2020 (8), 2021 (17), 2022 (8), 2023 (5), 2025 (1), 2026 (5). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Warwickshire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Warwickshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Nuneaton, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.54 per place
60% got their first choice
1.39 per place
72% got their first choice
1.23 per place
65% got their first choice
1.17 per place
78% got their first choice
1.13 per place
88% got their first choice
1.10 per place
91% got their first choice
1.00 per place
99% got their first choice
Abbey CofE Infant
0.98 per place
91% got their first choice
0.97 per place
98% got their first choice
0.97 per place
96% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

203 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
12.3%England 15.3%
EHC plan
8.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
36.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
31.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 50%Boys 50%
Its letter

No letter for Abbey CofE Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), December 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Abbey CofE Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in CV11 5, the school’s postcode sector

Nuneaton property prices →
£170,000
median sale, 251 sales in 36 months · Nuneaton £242,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025CV11 5Nuneaton
CV11 5Nuneaton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£269K
Semi-detached
£203K
Terraced
£165K
Flat
£95K
CV11 5Nuneaton

Homes in CV11 5 sell for well under Nuneaton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

21 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−C−D−AC+B+B+B+BC−BCAB+DDCAbbey CofE Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Nuneaton, CV11 5EL

Abbey CofE Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Abbey CofE Infant School?

For September 2026, 57 families put Abbey CofE Infant School first and 52 of them were offered a place; 58 places were offered in all.

What is Abbey CofE Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (December 2024).

How much do houses cost near Abbey CofE Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, CV11 5, sold for a median £170,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (251 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Nuneaton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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