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Whitestone Infant School

Community school in Nuneaton, CV11 4SQ, taking ages 4 to 7, 269 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Oct 2023
4.18 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
100% Full

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 4.18 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 4.18 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

Whitestone Infant School: 4.18 miles, 2025/26 George Eliot Academy: 5 miles, 2025/26, published by Warwickshire

This is not a catchment area. 4.18 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Whitestone Infant School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Warwickshire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Warwickshire, published admission distances, 2025/26

Where Whitestone Infant School and George Eliot Academy are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. George Eliot Academy admitted from 5 miles in 2025/26, published by Warwickshire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is CV12 at £177,000; the dearest shown, LE10, £270,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom Whitestone Infant SchoolFrom George Eliot AcademyMedian sold price
CV12 Nuneaton and Bedworth 2.2 mi 2.1 mi £177,000 61 sales
CV10 Nuneaton and Bedworth 3.1 mi 2.2 mi £185,000 149 sales
CV11 Nuneaton and Bedworth 1.3 mi 0.9 mi £226,000 123 sales
LE10 Hinckley and Bosworth 3.7 mi 4.2 mi £270,000 44 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Warwickshire, 71 of 356 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (19.9%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Whitestone Infant School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
George Eliot Academy Both in reach Secondary 5.0 mi 2025/26 0.8 mi
Wembrook Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.85 mi 2025/26 1.3 mi
Middlemarch School Both in reach Primary 2.98 mi 2025/26 1.5 mi
Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy Both in reach Primary 0.3 mi 2025/26 1.5 mi
Chilvers Coton Community Infant School Both in reach Primary 2.21 mi 2025/26 1.7 mi
St Michael's Church of England Academy Both in reach Primary 4.04 mi 2025/26 1.7 mi

The distance as a picture

Whitestone Infant School catchment area map: the 4.18 mile admission distance, 2025/26 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 269 pupils in 270 places (100% full)
Local authorityWarwickshire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 24 October 2023

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Whitestone Infant School

Girls and boys53.5% girls, 46.5% boys
English as an additional language8.6% of pupils
Free school meals12.6% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Whitestone Infant School

Cheapest district inside the 4.18 miles: CV12, median £177,000. Dearest: LE10, £270,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
CV12 Nuneaton and Bedworth 2.2 mi £177,000 61 sales
CV10 Nuneaton and Bedworth 3.1 mi £185,000 149 sales
CV11 Nuneaton and Bedworth 1.3 mi £226,000 123 sales
LE10 Hinckley and Bosworth 3.7 mi £270,000 44 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 4.18 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Whitestone Infant School by bus

Best-served stop: Purcell Avenue, 0.1 mi away, with 0.8 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 09:07, last 19:00.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Whitestone Infant School60 yd0.60.20.073
Whitestone Infant School130 yd0.60.20.073
Purcell Avenue0.1 mi0.80.20.073, 74B

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Whitestone Infant School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around CV11: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at CV11 4SQ, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Whitestone Infant School?

Whitestone Infant School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 4.18 miles away, per Warwickshire.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Whitestone Infant School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 4.18 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 100% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Whitestone Infant School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Warwickshire school's distance

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