Secondary schools in Coventry
Where pupils go after Year 11 and after sixth form, school by school, with GCSE results. Destinations are for the 2023 leavers; results are from 2025.
Coventry has 22 state-funded secondary schools. Of the 4,083 pupils who finished Year 11 here in 2023, 84% stayed in education (England 86%): 46% in a school sixth form, 3% at a sixth form college, 33% at a further education college.
4% started an apprenticeship, close to the England rate of 3%.
After sixth form, 39% of students in Coventry went to university (England 37%), and 14% of level 3 students reached one of the most selective universities (England 19%).
GCSE results in 2025: Attainment 8 of 44.0 against 46.1 for England; 41% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths (England 45%).
After Year 11: Coventry against England
| Measure | Coventry | England |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 4,083 | 607,348 |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 46% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 33% | 37% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% |
Where each school’s Year 11 leavers went
One band per school, sorted by the size of its 2023 Year 11 cohort. Band width is pupils; hover a band for the share, click a school for its profile. Counts are worked back from the percentages DfE publishes, so a band can be out by a pupil.
Map of secondary schools in Coventry
Darker blue means a larger share of Year 11 leavers stayed in education. Click a school for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.
State-funded secondary schools (22)
Sorted by name. Click a school for its full picture. “Stayed in education” counts school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges together.
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barr's Hill SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,063 | 82% | 54% | 27% | 2% | 71% | 46.7 | 47% |
| Bishop Ullathorne Catholic SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,155 | 88% | 43% | 39% | 4% | 65% | 52.9 | 57% |
| Blue Coat Church of England School and Music CollegeAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,815 | 91% | 62% | 25% | — | 73% | 51.2 | 56% |
| Caludon Castle SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,520 | 81% | 53% | 27% | 7% | 54% | 46.5 | 42% |
| Cardinal Wiseman Catholic SchoolAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 1,406 | 86% | 47% | 33% | 3% | 49% | 46.6 | 46% |
| Coundon CourtAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,873 | 81% | 37% | 41% | 7% | 62% | 45.0 | 39% |
| Eden Girls' School, CoventryFree schools | 600 | 91% | 73% | 11% | 2% | — | 62.6 | 78% |
| Ernesford Grange Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 1,187 | 73% | 27% | 44% | 7% | 47% | 38.3 | 35% |
| Finham Park 2Free schools · sixth form | 812 | 82% | 39% | 40% | 4% | 66% | 43.8 | 40% |
| Finham Park SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,724 | 91% | 65% | 25% | 4% | 55% | 55.7 | 62% |
| Foxford Community SchoolAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 1,078 | 80% | 37% | 40% | 2% | 69% | 41.0 | 37% |
| Grace Academy CoventryAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 1,051 | 87% | 28% | 48% | 2% | 53% | 43.2 | 29% |
| Lyng Hall SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,014 | 78% | 56% | 20% | 1% | 49% | 32.6 | 18% |
| Meadow Park SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 734 | 80% | 31% | 48% | 4% | 32% | 34.9 | 27% |
| President Kennedy School AcademyAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,799 | 85% | 45% | 36% | 2% | 72% | 43.2 | 38% |
| Seva SchoolFree schools | 736 | 91% | 49% | 40% | 0% | — | 44.4 | 43% |
| Sidney Stringer AcademyAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 1,496 | 87% | 61% | 24% | 1% | 60% | 40.1 | 35% |
| St John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,435 | 91% | 59% | 25% | 3% | 64% | 49.6 | 53% |
| Stoke Park SchoolAcademy sponsor led · sixth form | 1,101 | 77% | 42% | 34% | 6% | 71% | 43.4 | 35% |
| The Westwood AcademyAcademy converter · sixth form | 843 | 74% | 30% | 40% | 5% | 50% | 40.7 | 35% |
| West Coventry AcademyAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,317 | 84% | 45% | 38% | 5% | 40% | 41.2 | 34% |
| WMG Academy for Young EngineersUniversity technical college · sixth form | 504 | 79% | 46% | 29% | 8% | 41% | 43.0 | 40% |
Independent schools, colleges and special schools with published data (11)
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry Collegecollege · Further education | — | — | — | — | — | 17% | — | — |
| Hereward College of Further Educationcollege · Further education | — | — | — | — | — | 2% | — | — |
| Bablake Schoolindependent · Other independent school · sixth form | 848 | — | — | — | — | — | 31.7 | 0% |
| King Henry VIII Schoolindependent · Other independent school · sixth form | 721 | — | — | — | — | — | 17.9 | 0% |
| Pattison Collegeindependent · Other independent school · sixth form | 147 | — | — | — | — | — | 35.4 | 44% |
| The National Mathematics and Science Collegeindependent · Other independent school · sixth form · selective | 159 | — | — | — | — | — | 2.1 | 0% |
| Sherbourne Fields Schoolspecial · Community special school · sixth form | 263 | 93% | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | 0.9 | 0% |
| Woodfieldspecial · Community special school | 163 | 50% | 0% | 36% | 0% | — | 7.7 | 0% |
| Baginton Fields Academystate · Academy special converter · sixth form | 125 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Corley Academystate · Academy special converter | 168 | 83% | 0% | 30% | 0% | — | 10.3 | 0% |
| Riverbank Schoolstate · Academy special sponsor led · sixth form | 219 | 100% | 0% | 7% | 0% | — | 2.1 | 0% |