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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 28 February 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
- 20 April 2016Graded inspection: Good · as Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Arts and Community College, URN 103743
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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 entry568 applications · 250 places offered · 248 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.3; Coventry median median 2.1
- 2025 2.1; Coventry median median 2.2
- 2024 2.1; Coventry median median 2.2
- 2023 2.1; Coventry median median 2.1
- 2022 2.0; Coventry median median 2.0
- 2021 1.8; Coventry median median 1.9
- 2020 1.9; Coventry median median 2.1
- 2019 1.8; Coventry median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.7; Coventry median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; Coventry median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Coventry median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Coventry median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Coventry median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Coventry median
Dashed bars: as Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Arts and Community College (URN 103743), the previous school.
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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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 250 | 568 | 2.3 | 248 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 248 | 514 | 2.1 | 248 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 246 | 507 | 2.1 | 248 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2023 | 241 | 495 | 2.1 | 231 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 250 | 487 | 2.0 | 227 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 249 | 439 | 1.8 | 212 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2020 | 249 | 468 | 1.9 | 222 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 * | 246 | 453 | 1.8 | 216 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 * | 224 | 374 | 1.7 | 173 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2017 * | 218 | 378 | 1.7 | 178 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2016 * | 209 | 362 | 1.7 | 198 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 * | 210 | 386 | 1.8 | 200 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 * | 209 | 398 | 1.9 | 208 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 248 | 53.8 | 64% | 80% | – |
| 2024/25 | 239 | 49.6 | 53% | 71% | – |
| 2023/24 | 249 | 49.9 | 56% | 74% | +0.26 |
| 2022/23 | 224 | 52.4 | 59% | 73% | +0.51 |
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
- St John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good · improving20242.3applications per place 53.8Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · CoventryOutstanding20233.1applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Coventry20261.4applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · WarwickshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · CoventryOutstanding20243.8applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · CoventryRemains Outstanding20231.9applications per place 65.2Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · CoventryGood20221.4applications per place 38.6Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · CoventryGood20233.6applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · CoventryGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 34.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147346 · 331/4707
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,499 pupils · 1,435 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2019
- Replaced
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Arts and Community College (URN 103743)
- Address
- Sandpits Lane, Keresley, Coventry, CV6 2FR
- Local authority
- Coventry
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources