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Foxford Community School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
Grange Road, Longford, Coventry CV6 6BB · foxfordschool.co.uk · 024 7636 9200
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41
- average Attainment 8 score. Coventry 44, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Coventry Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,078
- 43 over 1,035 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 41%
- First language not English
- 40.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Castle Phoenix 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, 155 families put the school first and 207 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 | 207 | 155 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 210 | 136 | 0.6 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 209 | 173 | 0.8 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 201 | 169 | 0.8 | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 179 | 165 | 0.9 | 85% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41, and 37.2% 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- (28.1 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41 | 46 | ||
| ▼37.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ●64.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼16.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.49 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103732)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 30.8 | −15.9 |
| Sixth form college | 10.5 | — |
| Further education | 36.6 | +4.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.5 | +2.3 |
| Employment | 1.2 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11 | +0.3 |
| Activity not captured | 6.4 | −1.9 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 students | C- (28.1) | Below average -0.25 | |
| 48 students | C- (28.1) | Below average -0.25 | |
| 50 students | Merit (25.9) | Below average -0.24 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 72 | D+ (22.1) | -0.53 |
| 2022/23 | 50 | D (19) | — |
| 2021/22 | 39 | C+ (31.9) | — |
| 2018/19 | 58 | D+ (24) | -0.28 |
| 2017/18 | 37 | C- (28.2) | +0.25 |
| 2016/17 | 70 | C- (26.4) | +0.22 |
| 2015/16 | 55 | D+ (24.2) | -0.10 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 64.4 | −4.2 |
| Further education | 1.1 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 6.9 | −0.9 |
| Employment | 12.6 | +0.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8 | −1.8 |
| Activity not captured | 6.9 | +4.9 |
Ofsted
Foxford Community School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 December 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 6 Dec 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103732), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103732)
Jul 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103732)
What parents said
52% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 52%
- Replies
- 50
- 5% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 62% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (24%) with SEND