Keresley Newland Primary Academy, Coventry
Keresley Newland Primary Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Coventry, part of The Futures Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in May 2023. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 87th-highest of the 93 schools in Coventry with published results, and 13,289th of 14,452 across England. It was 74% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2023)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Warwickshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Keresley Newland Primary Academy in detail
Keresley Newland Primary Academy in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 8:50am and after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils at Keresley Newland Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 56% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 74% in Warwickshire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 65% in reading and 65% in maths in 2024.
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Keresley Newland Primary Academy
For September 2026 entry, 25 families put Keresley Newland Primary Academy as their first choice and 42 named it as one of their preferences, for 26 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Keresley Newland Primary Academy
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Keresley Newland Primary Academy are Newdigate Primary and Nursery School (1.3 miles, Good, 63% reading, 71% maths); Wheelwright Lane Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 96% reading, 86% maths); Holy Family Catholic Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 81% reading, 80% maths); and Parkgate Primary School (1.5 miles, Good, 78% reading, 83% maths).
Each of them had higher 2025 results than Keresley Newland Primary Academy.
Newdigate Primary and Nursery SchoolWheelwright Lane Primary SchoolHoly Family Catholic Primary SchoolParkgate Primary School
The trust
Keresley Newland Primary Academy is one of 10 schools run by The Futures Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Who goes there
In 2026, 51 pupils (24.8%) received SEN support and 7 (3.4%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.
Staffing
Keresley Newland Primary Academy had 11 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Coventry Arena Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bennetts Road (jcn), 190 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 40 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88).
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Keresley Newland Primary Academy issued 32 suspensions, 16.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Keresley Newland Primary Academy are President Kennedy School Academy (1.1 miles), Ash Green School (1.2 miles) and St John Henry Newman Catholic School (1.5 miles).
President Kennedy School AcademyAsh Green SchoolSt John Henry Newman Catholic School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its May 2023 inspection.
Rated Good for
Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Early years.
At a Glance
32.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 65% to 59% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 65% to 56% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 70% to 63% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
24.7
Avg class size
25.7
Infant (KS1)
22.3
KS2
7
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
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Before and after school care
Keresley Newland Primary Academy is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Warwickshire
Term dates
Keresley Newland Primary Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Warwickshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Keresley Newland Primary Academy is in Warwickshire; for families living there:
- Warwickshire's school travel policy: Free school transport for students under the age of 16
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 3 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Warwickshire is 7 (the median across 286 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
74%
Available places
156 pupils
210 places
54 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Coventry
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Coventry
Across Warwickshire council
Places available
7,199
Applications
6,281
Got 1st preference
88.1%
Got preferred school
98.1%
All primary applications across Warwickshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(2)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
51
SEN Support
7
EHC Plans
28.2%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
206
Total Pupils
90
Boys
116
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
11
Teachers
18.7:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£56,863
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,464
Per pupil
£1206k
Total funding
£133k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
10.0%
Overall absence
34.9%
Persistent absence
149
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Keresley Newland Primary Academy
Questions parents ask about Keresley Newland Primary Academy
What are SATs results like at Keresley Newland Primary Academy?
Of the pupils at Keresley Newland Primary Academy who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 59% reached the expected standard in reading and 56% did so in maths.
What is Keresley Newland Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?
Keresley Newland Primary Academy was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in May 2023. At its previous graded inspection in 2018 it was rated Inadequate.
What is the catchment area for Keresley Newland Primary Academy?
No fixed boundary. When Keresley Newland Primary Academy is oversubscribed, Warwickshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Keresley Newland Primary Academy?
Keresley Newland Primary Academy was not full in 2025: it ran at 74% of its 210 places.
How big are the classes at Keresley Newland Primary Academy?
Classes at Keresley Newland Primary Academy average 24.7 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Keresley Newland Primary Academy?
Keresley Newland Primary Academy has around 206 pupils on roll. 32% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Keresley Newland Primary Academy?
10% of sessions were missed at Keresley Newland Primary Academy in 2024/25. 34.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Keresley Newland Primary Academy?
Apply through Warwickshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Keresley Newland Primary Academy on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Keresley Newland Primary Academy have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Keresley Newland Primary Academy is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school.
How many road collisions happen near Keresley Newland Primary Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 3 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Warwickshire is 7 (the median across 286 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Keresley Newland Primary Academy?
Keresley Newland Primary Academy is at Grove Lane, Keresley End, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV7 8JZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)