Good Shepherd Catholic School, Coventry

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades Good Shepherd Catholic School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Personal development and wellbeing are distinctive strengths of the school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils achieve well from their starting points."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders make attendance a high priority."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed an ambitious curriculum that reflects the needs of pupils and the school's local context."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children get off to a positive start in the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have created an inclusive school where pupils are well known and supported in overcoming barriers to learning and participation."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the school's strengths and areas requiring further improvement."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should further strengthen assessment in lessons so that teachers consistently check what pupils have learned, address misconceptions promptly and ensure that pupils build knowledge securely over time"; "Leaders should continue to analyse and respond swiftly to reductions in attendance for the most vulnerable pupils so that these pupils benefit fully from the school's curriculum and wider opportunities"; "Leaders and governors should evaluate the impact of pupil premium funding more precisely to ensure that resources are directed towards the strategies that make the greatest difference for disadvantaged pupils".

In its own words: "Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School is a happy and caring community which holds Christ at the centre of all that we do. We each hold dear the Gospel values of love, tolerance and respect. We work in partnership with our families, parish community and within the Romero Academy. Through our school values of Faith, Encouragement, Ambition, Resilience, Community and Wellbeing."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, gymnastics, dance and film.

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils at Good Shepherd Catholic School reached the expected standard in reading and 84% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Coventry and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 67% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 22 families put Good Shepherd Catholic School as their first choice and 49 named it as one of their preferences, for 24 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Good Shepherd Catholic School are Little Heath Primary School (under 0.1 miles); Courthouse Green Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 75% reading, 76% maths); St Laurences CofE Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 71% reading, 73% maths); and Edgewick Community Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 62% reading, 58% maths).

Good Shepherd Catholic School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Good Shepherd Catholic School is one of 8 schools run by The Romero Catholic Academy, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

45.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (30%), White British (29%) and Asian (11%).

In 2026, 58 pupils (25.6%) received SEN support and 7 (3.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Good Shepherd Catholic School had 7 teachers in 2026, one for every 30 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Coventry Arena Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Elkington Street (adjacent), 290 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Good Shepherd Catholic School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 504 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Coventry (253), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Good Shepherd Catholic School issued 18 suspensions, 7.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Good Shepherd Catholic School are Lyng Hall School (1.1 miles) and Foxford Community School (1.3 miles).