St John Vianney Catholic Primary School
Coventry, CV5 7GX · Coventry local authority
Coventry’s School Grade C+ better than 38% of towns in England
What stands out about St John Vianney Catholic Primary School
- Its own letter, A+: Key Stage 2 results better than 96% of England’s primary schools
- 85% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 23 points above England’s schools
- Over capacity: 234 pupils for 210 places
- 8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, March 2024 (shown, not graded)
- 88% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (29 of 33)
- Homes in its postcode sector (CV5 7) sold for a median £276,000; Coventry’s is £225,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 85%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 96% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Coventry avg 58%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 110, maths 110 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at St John Vianney Catholic Primary School?
88% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (9), 2020 (2), 2021 (1), 2022 (7), 2023 (4), 2024 (3), 2025 (2), 2026 (4). 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. Holy Cross Catholic Multi Academy Company sets the admissions rules. Apply through Coventry council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
88% got their first choice
Coventry and Coventry, side by side
2023–2025All 85 graded primaries in Coventry. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Coventry’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John Vianney Catholic Primary School | A+ | 8% | 85% |
| Manor Park Primary School | A | 11% | 80% |
| Finham Primary School | A | 7% | 80% |
| Cannon Park Primary School | A | 13% | 79% |
| Stivichall Primary School | A | 5% | 78% |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary School | A− | 14% | 71% |
| St Christopher Primary School | B+ | 9% | 70% |
| Moseley Primary School | B+ | 27% | 70% |
| Southfields Primary School | B+ | 35% | 70% |
| Sidney Stringer Primary Academy | B+ | 46% | 70% |
| Christ The King Catholic Primary School | B+ | 9% | 70% |
| Seva School | B+ | 14% | 69% |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | B+ | 11% | 69% |
| Walsgrave Church of England Academy | B+ | 11% | 69% |
| Stanton Bridge Primary School | B+ | 38% | 69% |
| Earlsdon Primary School | B+ | 14% | 68% |
| Ernesford Grange Primary School | B+ | 12% | 68% |
| Whoberley Hall Primary School | B | 32% | 67% |
| Hill Farm Academy | B | 35% | 67% |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School | B | 21% | 67% |
| Broad Heath Community Primary School | B | 30% | 66% |
| Ravensdale Primary School | B | 12% | 66% |
| Grange Farm Primary School | B | 5% | 65% |
| St Osburg's Catholic Primary School | B | 26% | 65% |
| Good Shepherd Catholic School | B | 27% | 65% |
| Aldermoor Farm Primary School | B− | 29% | 64% |
| SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School | B− | 14% | 64% |
| Parkgate Primary School | B− | 31% | 64% |
| Hollyfast Primary School | B− | 10% | 63% |
| Stoke Heath Primary School | B− | 45% | 63% |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | B− | 16% | 63% |
| Allesley Primary School | B− | 11% | 62% |
| Joseph Cash Primary School | B− | 39% | 62% |
| Courthouse Green Primary School | B− | 33% | 62% |
| John Shelton Community Primary School | B− | 29% | 61% |
| St John's Church of England Academy | B− | 6% | 61% |
| Clifford Bridge Academy | B− | 9% | 61% |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School | C+ | 21% | 60% |
| Alderman's Green Primary School | C+ | 38% | 60% |
| Limbrick Wood Primary School | C+ | 45% | 59% |
| Mount Nod Primary School | C+ | 14% | 58% |
| Sowe Valley Primary School | C | 39% | 57% |
| John Gulson Primary School | C | 39% | 57% |
| All Souls' Catholic Primary School | C | 6% | 57% |
| Radford Primary Academy | C | 43% | 57% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | C | 24% | 57% |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School | C | 24% | 57% |
| Stoke Primary School | C | 32% | 56% |
| Whitmore Park Primary School | C | 22% | 56% |
| St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School | C | 40% | 56% |
| St Laurences CofE Primary School | C | 33% | 56% |
| St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School | C | 38% | 56% |
| Eastern Green Junior School | C | 15% | 55% |
| Park Hill Primary School | C | 10% | 55% |
| Wyken Croft Primary School | C | 19% | 55% |
| Richard Lee Primary School | C | 26% | 55% |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | C | 23% | 54% |
| Corpus Christi Catholic School | C | 30% | 54% |
| Coundon Primary School | C− | 17% | 53% |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | C− | 37% | 52% |
| Charter Academy | C− | 45% | 52% |
| Allesley Hall Primary School | C− | 12% | 51% |
| Keresley Grange Primary School | C− | 24% | 50% |
| Whitley Abbey Primary School | C− | 25% | 49% |
| Grangehurst Primary School | C− | 25% | 49% |
| Holbrook Primary School | C− | 37% | 49% |
| Howes Community Primary School | C− | 33% | 49% |
| Templars Primary School | C− | 34% | 48% |
| Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School | C− | 44% | 48% |
| Moat House Primary School | C− | 51% | 48% |
| Whittle Academy | C− | 24% | 48% |
| Leigh Church of England Academy | C− | 39% | 48% |
| Pearl Hyde Community Primary School | D | 17% | 47% |
| Little Heath Primary School | D | 42% | 47% |
| Willenhall Community Primary School | D | 41% | 46% |
| Potters Green Primary School | D | 34% | 46% |
| Henley Green Primary | D | 58% | 44% |
| Longford Park Primary School | D | 28% | 43% |
| Hearsall Community Academy | D | 29% | 43% |
| Frederick Bird Academy | D | 52% | 41% |
| Gosford Park Primary School | D | 31% | 40% |
| St Bartholomew's Church of England Academy | D | 35% | 39% |
| Edgewick Community Primary School | D− | 40% | 34% |
| Stretton Church of England Academy | D− | 37% | 34% |
| Spon Gate Primary School | D− | 57% | 24% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025238 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.
Girls and boys
St John Vianney Catholic Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), March 2024.
Living near St John Vianney Catholic Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in CV5 7, the school’s postcode sector
Coventry property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in CV5 7 sell for well over Coventry’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
20 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Coventry, CV5 7GX
St John Vianney Catholic Primary School: common questions
Is St John Vianney Catholic Primary School a good school?
By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 96% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A+), with 85% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, March 2024.
How hard is it to get into St John Vianney Catholic Primary School?
For September 2026, 33 families put St John Vianney Catholic Primary School first and 29 of them were offered a place; 30 places were offered in all.
What is St John Vianney Catholic Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2024).
How much do houses cost near St John Vianney Catholic Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, CV5 7, sold for a median £276,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (511 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; Coventry’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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