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Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,406Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 141992URN

Potters Green Road, Coventry, CV2 2AJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.3 below Coventry median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Coventry

355 applications for 199 places · 14th of 21 in Coventry
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.7of 90
16th of 22 in Coventry
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 April 2026Published 7 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 14 April 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 30 November 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

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
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Coventry median (2.0) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

355 applications · 199 places offered · 153 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.8; Coventry median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.7; Coventry median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.5; Coventry median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.3; Coventry median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.4; Coventry median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.2; Coventry median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.3; Coventry median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.2; Coventry median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.3; Coventry median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.4; Coventry median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.8; Coventry median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.6; Coventry median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.9; Coventry median median 2.2; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Coventry median in 0 of 11 years.
  • This school
  • Coventry median

Dashed bars: as Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School and Language College (URN 103744), the previous school.

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 20261993551.81530.77
Sep 20252404141.71870.78
Sep 20242684091.51790.67
Sep 20232673581.31750.66
Sep 20222373191.41640.69
Sep 20212372771.21250.53
Sep 20202403201.31470.61
Sep 20192332781.21060.45
Sep 20182403161.31350.56
Sep 20172343381.41730.74
Sep 20161803311.81310.73
Sep 2015 *1893071.61420.75
Sep 2014 *1773361.91410.80

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

228 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.716th of 22 in Coventry
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%16th of 22 in Coventry
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%
  • This school
  • Coventry median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.05
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22840.740%60%–
2024/2523146.646%68%–
2023/2422043.651%68%−0.05
2022/2322841.336%54%−0.17

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
141992 · 331/4007
Trust
The Romero Catholic Academy
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,416 pupils · 1,406 on roll
Free school meals
38.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2015
Replaced
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School and Language College (URN 103744)
Address
Potters Green Road, Coventry, CV2 2AJ
Local authority
Coventry

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