Barr's Hill School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,063 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
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Corley Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 168of 170 places
- Free school meals
- 40.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 22
- Ofsted
- Report card, 20 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Expected standardSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Corley Centre (URN 134533, until 1 November 2022).
What the data says
Of the 23 pupils who finished Year 11 at Corley Academy in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 30% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 10.3 against 46.1 across England and 44.0 in Coventry, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Coventry and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Corley Academy | Coventry | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 23 | 4,083 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 46% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 30% | 33% | 37% |
| — other education | 52% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 9% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Corley Academy | Coventry | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 10.3 | 44.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 32% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.31 | 3.83 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 50% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 9.9 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 10.6 | 48.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 14% | 34% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 15 | 68% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 40% |
| Mathematics | 14 | 64% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 29% |
| English Language | 11 | 50% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| Fine Art | 5 | 23% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Physics | 3 | 14% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
| Religious Studies | 2 | 9% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 6 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 2 | — | — |
| Mathematics | 2 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.