Grangehurst Primary School, Coventry
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Grangehurst Primary School excels at making children feel happy, safe and valued. The school provides a rich range of enrichment activities, trips and clubs that build confidence and independence, with careful support to ensure all pupils can participate. Staff create a calm, caring environment where pupils develop strong friendships and a real sense of belonging to the school community.
Key Strengths
- Strong personal development programme with enrichment activities including '11 Before 11' experiences, trips, clubs and leadership roles
- Effective safeguarding culture where all staff take responsibility and pupils feel safe
- Inclusive approach where all pupils, including those with additional needs, feel they belong and participate fully
- Calm, purposeful lessons with positive relationships between pupils and staff
- Well-established early years provision with strong focus on phonics and early reading
Areas for Improvement
- Achievement in mathematics and English is below national average by the end of primary school
- Some inconsistency in how teachers deliver the curriculum, leading to gaps in pupils' understanding
- Gaps remain in pupils' knowledge of number facts, calculation accuracy, spelling and sentence construction
- Attendance for disadvantaged pupils remains a focus area despite improvements
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - the school has an open and positive culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, all legal requirements are met, and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
trips, clubs, sports clubs, leadership roles (reading ambassadors, librarians, sports leaders), workshops on money, relationships and online safety, daily movement activities, '11 Before 11' experiences
Grangehurst Primary School is a warm, caring and inclusive school where pupils feel safe, valued and well looked after. The school has particular strengths in personal development and wellbeing, but needs to improve pupil achievement in mathematics and English.
At a Glance
25.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 71% to 61%. Maths has declined from 76% to 61%. Writing has declined from 74% to 70%.
Class Sizes
29.6
Avg class size
29.8
Infant (KS1)
29.4
KS2
13
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
98%
Near capacity
411 pupils
420 capacity
9 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Coventry
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Coventry
Admissions Demand - Coventry
Places available
4,560
Applications
3,921
Got 1st preference
93.8%
Got preferred school
98.9%
Primary admissions across Coventry (2025/26)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.60423%
Overall absence
18.51852%
Persistent absence
378
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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