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President Kennedy School Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Rookery Lane, Coventry CV6 4GL · pks.coventry.sch.uk · 024 7666 1416

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Overview

Ofsted
Outstanding
2019 framework · inspected Dec 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
43.2
average Attainment 8 score. Coventry 44, England 46
Last distance offered
1.21 mi
1.94 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Criteria C (catchment) · Coventry Council
Demand for places
1.6
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,799
229 over 1,570 places · 115%
Local authority
Coventry
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
35.5%
First language not English
34.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Futures Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criteria C (catchment)” went to a home 1.21 mi (1.94 km) from the school. Source: Coventry Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 471 families put the school first and 297 places were offered; 59% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 386 (Places 300)386September 2023: 408 (Places 296)408September 2024: 415 (Places 300)415September 2025: 418 (Places 300)418September 2026: 471 (Places 297)471Places 297
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262974711.6▲59%
September 2025Sept 20253004181.4▲67%
September 2024Sept 20243004151.4▲66%
September 2023Sept 20232964081.4▲68%
September 2022Sept 20223003861.3▲74%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – Criteria C (catchment)Distance
September 20261.21 mi1.94 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.2, and 37.6% 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 B- (35.3 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: 46.6 (England 46.3)46.62017/18: 41.7 (England 46.5)41.72018/19: 45.7 (England 46.7)45.72021/22: 47.9 (England 48.8)47.92022/23: 47.4 (England 46.3)47.42023/24: 47.8 (England 45.9)47.82024/25: 43.2 (England 46.0)43.2England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼43.246.0
▼37.6%45.4%
▼58.7%64.8%
▼18.7%40.5%
▼3.694.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form50.3−2
Sixth form college5.4+3.1
Further education32.1+0.8
Other education0.7—
Apprenticeship1−3.6
Employment1.4−0.1
Not in a lasting destination5.7+0.4
Activity not captured3.4+0.7

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: 28.9 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 28.6 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 29.0 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 32.6 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 33.9 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 32.7 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 31.6 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 35.3 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
96 studentsB- (35.3)Average -0.08
96 studentsB- (35.3)Average -0.08
37 studentsDist (35.5)Average +0.05
13.6%AAB or better
92.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2498C (31.6)-0.12
2022/2388C+ (32.7)—
2021/22111C+ (33.9)—
2018/1973C+ (32.6)-0.02
2017/1873C (29)-0.50
2016/1763C (28.6)-0.17
2015/1672C (28.9)-0.34

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University64−3.3
Other education0.7+0.1
Apprenticeship4.4+2.5
Employment12.5−4.8
Not in a lasting destination14+3.7
Activity not captured4.4+1.8

Ofsted

President Kennedy School Academy was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 6 December 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Outstanding
Inspected
6 Dec 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jul 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jul 2013Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Jul 2010Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (94 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
79%
Replies
94
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▼85% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼85% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼78% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●83% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼84% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼72% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼78% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼87% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼68% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼67% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 78% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲52% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 50% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼46% agreeEngland 67%

based on 24 parents (26%) with SEND

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