Richard Lee Primary School, Coventry

Ofsted's report card from its 27 January 2026 inspection grades Richard Lee Primary School on 7 areas: 1 expected standard and 6 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's personal development offer provides pupils with regular and purposeful opportunities to explore values such as fairness, respect and responsibility."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils' progress through the curriculum varies across the school, including in the early years."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Absence rates for disadvantaged pupils remain high."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The curriculum is not consistently well implemented."

Early years - Needs attention. "Not all children achieve as well as they should by the end of the Reception Year."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "The resources and adaptations made by teachers for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are, at times, not as effective as they should be."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "The school has added to its leadership capacity."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should raise pupils' achievement, including in the early years, by ensuring the curriculum is consistently well taught for all pupils and by strengthening academic support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, so that pupils learn successfully"; "Leaders should strengthen early reading by ensuring consistent phonics teaching, accurately matched books to pupils' phonics knowledge and regular supported practice to secure pupils' fluency and confidence"; "Leaders should build on recent positive trends by refining their attendance strategy so that more disadvantaged pupils attend regularly".

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am.

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils at Richard Lee Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 64% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Coventry and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 69% in reading and 78% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 20 families put Richard Lee Primary School as their first choice and 61 named it as one of their preferences, for 21 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 Richard Lee Primary School are St Gregory's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 83% reading, 80% maths); Ravensdale Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 81% reading, 69% maths); Clifford Bridge Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 81% reading, 71% maths); and Ernesford Grange Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 81% reading, 79% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Richard Lee Primary School.

Richard Lee Primary School is one of 8 schools run by Castle Phoenix Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

36 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Richard Lee Primary School (as of April 2026): 83% would recommend the school, 86% say their child is happy there and 38% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (38%).

41.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (38%), Asian (21%) and Black (12%).

In 2026, 62 pupils (17.7%) received SEN support and 10 (2.8%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Coventry Rail Station, about 2.4 miles away in a straight line.

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hipswell Shops (opposite), 140 metres away.

In 2024/25, Richard Lee Primary School issued 11 suspensions, 2.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Richard Lee Primary School are Caludon Castle School (0.5 miles), Stoke Park School (0.8 miles) and Ernesford Grange Community Academy (0.9 miles).