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Academy sponsor led · Coventry

Grace Academy Coventry

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,051Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135335URN

Wigston Road, Coventry, CV2 2RH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.5 below Coventry median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Coventry

301 applications for 189 places · 17th of 21 in Coventry
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.0of 90
15th of 22 in Coventry
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 30 January 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Coventry median (2.0) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

301 applications · 189 places offered · 163 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Coventry median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.7; Coventry median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.9; Coventry median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.2; Coventry median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.5; Coventry median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.0; Coventry median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.2; Coventry median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.3; Coventry median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.0; Coventry median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.9; Coventry median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.1; Coventry median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.9; Coventry median median 1.9
  13. 2014 1.9; Coventry median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Coventry median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Coventry median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261893011.61630.86
Sep 20251953381.71640.84
Sep 20241542851.91400.91
Sep 20232062431.21140.55
Sep 20221512241.5870.58
Sep 20212082141.0970.47
Sep 20201651971.2940.57
Sep 20191762211.3930.53
Sep 20182022051.0860.43
Sep 20171031981.9760.74
Sep 2016921892.1700.76
Sep 20151041991.9780.75
Sep 20141593021.91380.87

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

188 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.015th of 22 in Coventry
Grade 5 or above in English and maths35%18th of 22 in Coventry
Grade 4 or above in English and maths56%
  • This school
  • Coventry median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.31
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18842.035%56%–
2024/2517243.229%61%–
2023/2416244.239%61%+0.31
2022/2315839.532%47%−0.22

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
135335 · 331/6905
Trust
Tove Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,144 pupils · 1,051 on roll
Free school meals
44.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2008
Replaced
Woodway Park School and Community College (URN 103737)
Address
Wigston Road, Coventry, CV2 2RH
Local authority
Coventry

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources