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Academy sponsor led · Coventry

Sidney Stringer Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,496Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136126URN

2 Primrose Hill Street, Coventry, CV1 5LY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.6per place
1.6 above Coventry median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Coventry

759 applications for 209 places · 2nd of 21 in Coventry
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.3of 90
14th of 22 in Coventry
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 8 February 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

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
3.6applications per place, Year 7
1.6 above Coventry median (2.0) 1.4 above England median (2.2)

759 applications · 209 places offered · 319 named it first

  1. 2026 3.6; Coventry median median 2.1
  2. 2025 3.9; Coventry median median 2.2
  3. 2024 3.4; Coventry median median 2.2
  4. 2023 3.5; Coventry median median 2.1
  5. 2022 3.2; Coventry median median 2.0
  6. 2021 3.4; Coventry median median 1.9
  7. 2020 3.4; Coventry median median 2.1
  8. 2019 3.3; Coventry median median 2.0
  9. 2018 3.4; Coventry median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.9; Coventry median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.8; Coventry median median 2.1
  12. 2015 2.6; Coventry median median 1.9
  13. 2014 2.4; Coventry median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Coventry median in 13 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 20262097593.63191.53
Sep 20252108113.93481.66
Sep 20242408083.43631.51
Sep 20232398383.53871.62
Sep 20222407643.23701.54
Sep 20212107033.43041.45
Sep 20202097053.43261.56
Sep 20192407833.33811.59
Sep 20182097113.43491.67
Sep 20172106042.93171.51
Sep 20162105822.82991.42
Sep 20152105432.62661.27
Sep 20142094942.42671.28

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

207 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.314th of 22 in Coventry
Grade 5 or above in English and maths44%10th of 22 in Coventry
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%
  • This school
  • Coventry median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.19
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20742.344%58%–
2024/2520640.135%52%–
2023/2423139.936%55%−0.19
2022/2321140.840%61%−0.16

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
136126 · 331/6906
Trust
Sidney Stringer Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,350 pupils · 1,496 on roll
Free school meals
51.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2010
Replaced
Sidney Stringer School - Specialising in Mathematics and Computing (URN 103739)
Address
2 Primrose Hill Street, Coventry, CV1 5LY
Local authority
Coventry

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