Limbrick Wood Primary School
Bush Close, Tile Hill, Coventry, CV4 9QT
This school is closed (it closed in January 2024).
It was replaced by Limbrick Wood Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Paula Pickthorne
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Coventry North West
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 182
- URN
- 133475
- Local authority
- Coventry
About this school
Limbrick Wood Primary School was a community primary school in Coventry. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 182 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Limbrick Wood Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2002, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 19 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 84% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - |
| Maths progress | +2.20 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Limbrick Wood Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Coventry average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 52.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 54.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 56.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 170 |
| 2023/24 | 182 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Limbrick Wood Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.2% | 48.9% | 182 | — |
| Limbrick Wood Primary School | 67% | 7.3% | 46.3% | 173 | 0.0 miles |
| Mount Nod Primary School | 58% | 5.4% | 15.5% | 304 | 0.2 miles |
| Park Hill Primary School | 59% | 4.9% | 11% | 416 | 0.5 miles |
| St John Vianney Catholic Primary School | 86% | 3.3% | 10.3% | 234 | 0.5 miles |
| Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School | 43% | 6% | 43.4% | 215 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.9%
- English as an additional language
- 29.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.2%
- Persistent absence
- 26.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Limbrick Wood Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
Mount Nod Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
Park Hill Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
St John Vianney Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Coventry
-
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Coventry
Other schools in Coventry
- Alderman's Green Primary School Primary
- Aldermoor Farm Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- All Souls' Catholic Primary School Primary
- Allesley Hall Primary School Primary
- Allesley Primary School Primary
- Arley Primary Academy Primary
- Balsall Common Primary School Primary
- Berkswell Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Binley Woods Primary School Primary
- Bournebrook CofE Primary School Primary
- Broad Heath Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Limbrick Wood Primary School teach?
- Limbrick Wood Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Coventry.
- Has Limbrick Wood Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Limbrick Wood Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Limbrick Wood Primary School?
- Limbrick Wood Primary School had 182 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Limbrick Wood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Limbrick Wood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Limbrick Wood Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2024.