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Grace Academy Coventry

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Wigston Road, Coventry CV2 2RH · coventry.graceacademy.org.uk · 024 7658 9000

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
43.2
average Attainment 8 score. Coventry 44, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Coventry Council
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,051
92% of 1,144 places
Local authority
Coventry
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
44.5%
First language not English
40.5%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Tove Learning Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Coventry Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 163 families put the school first and 189 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 87 (Places 151)87September 2023: 114 (Places 206)114September 2024: 140 (Places 154)140September 2025: 164 (Places 195)164September 2026: 163 (Places 189)163Places 189
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261891630.9100%
September 2025Sept 20251951640.8100%
September 2024Sept 20241541400.999%
September 2023Sept 20232061140.699%
September 2022Sept 2022151870.6100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.2, and 29.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Coventry it was 44, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (31.3 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 40.4 (England 46.3)40.42017/18: 39.8 (England 46.5)39.82018/19: 44.2 (England 46.7)44.22021/22: 43.6 (England 48.8)43.62022/23: 39.5 (England 46.3)39.52023/24: 44.2 (England 45.9)44.22024/25: 43.2 (England 46.0)43.2England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼43.246.0
▼29.1%45.4%
▼60.5%64.8%
▼25.0%40.5%
▼3.614.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form38.3+0.6
Sixth form college3.7−3.3
Further education44.4+14.6
Apprenticeship1.2−4.9
Employment2.5−4.5
Not in a lasting destination6.2−2.6
Activity not captured3.7+1.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 18.4 (England 30.5)D2016/17: 24.2 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 19.2 (England 32.1)D2018/19: 21.4 (England 32.9)D2021/22: 24.8 (England 37.9)D+2022/23: 27.1 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 31.8 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 31.3 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
30 studentsC (31.3)Average +0.01
30 studentsC+ (32)Average +0.03
19 studentsDist+ (39.5)Well above average +0.60
11.1%AAB or better
95.8%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2419C+ (31.8)+0.25
2022/2311C- (27.1)—
2021/2218D+ (24.8)—
2018/1935D (21.4)-0.46
2017/1825D (19.2)-0.35
2016/1727D+ (24.2)-0.26
2015/1633D (18.4)-0.42

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University57.1+16.2
Apprenticeship4.8−22.5
Employment14.3−3.9
Not in a lasting destination9.5−4.1
Activity not captured14.3—

Ofsted

Grace Academy Coventry was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 30 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
30 Jan 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Dec 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Dec 2019Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Dec 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Feb 2018Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2016Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2014Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate

What parents said

77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (73 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
77%
Replies
73
7% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school●87% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲92% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼81% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●85% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●86% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼62% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing●86% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼83% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●89% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●78% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼72% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 75% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲61% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 38% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲71% agreeEngland 67%

based on 14 parents (19%) with SEND

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