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Seva School
All-through · Mixed · Ages 4–16 · Free school
Link House, Eden Road, Walsgrave Triangle, Coventry CV2 2TB · sevakeducationtrust.org · 024 7798 7619
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.4
- 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
- 736
- 51% of 1,450 places
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 14.3%
- First language not English
- 63.6%
- School census 2025/26
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, 62 families put the school first and 69 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 69 | 62 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 71 | 63 | 0.9 | 97% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 69 | 60 | 0.9 | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 62 | 39 | 0.6 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.4, and 43.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Coventry it was 44, and across England 46.
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Coventry it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼43.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲67.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ●41.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.04 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 42.6 | −16.7 |
| Sixth form college | 8.8 | +1.4 |
| Further education | 33.8 | +9.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.9 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.9 | +4 |
| Activity not captured | 5.9 | +2.2 |
Ofsted
Seva School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 29 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 29 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met - Jan 2020Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (46 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 46
- 8% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied