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Race Leys Infant School

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Community school in Bedworth, CV12 8AD, taking ages 4 to 7, 148 on roll.

Requires improvement Ofsted, Sep 2023
6.13 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
82% Full

Will an address get in?

In the 2025/26 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Race Leys Infant School lived 6.13 miles away, according to Warwickshire. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.

The circle is 6.13 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.

This is not a catchment area. Most English schools do not have one. When Race Leys 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. 6.13 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 148 pupils in 180 places (82% full)
Local authorityWarwickshire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Requires improvement, inspected 24 September 2023

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

Who goes to Race Leys Infant School

Girls and boys55.4% girls, 44.6% boys
English as an additional language8.8% of pupils
Free school meals42.6% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Race Leys Infant School

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 6.13 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is CV1 at £140,000; the dearest, CV7, £615,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
CV1 Coventry 5.3 mi £140,000 6 sales
CV10 Nuneaton and Bedworth 3.2 mi £185,000 150 sales
CV12 Nuneaton and Bedworth 0.3 mi £192,000 60 sales
CV5 Coventry 6.0 mi £205,000 156 sales
CV6 Coventry 3.6 mi £215,884 241 sales
CV11 Nuneaton and Bedworth 2.7 mi £218,000 116 sales
CV2 Coventry 4.1 mi £220,000 134 sales
LE10 Hinckley and Bosworth 5.8 mi £270,000 43 sales
CV7 Coventry 4.6 mi £615,000 20 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Race Leys Infant School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around CV12: ages, selection, and how full each one is →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Race Leys Infant School?

Race Leys 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 6.13 miles away, per Warwickshire.

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

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 6.13 miles was enough in 2025/26. 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 Race Leys 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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How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →

Admission distance published by Warwickshire. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.