Grace Academy Coventry
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Coventry City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Grace Academy Coventry is a secondary school in Coventry for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 January 2024. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Grace Academy Coventry catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Year 7 applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 6 of the 19 other Coventry secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out (a last distance was published) in 3 of the 6 earlier Year 7 years with a published outcome, though not in 2026.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 163 first-choice applications for 189 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 26 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 29% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25, the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Coventry.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Coventry schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wigston Road, Coventry, CV2 2RH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 1,051 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 January 2024
Strengths
- “Grace Academy Coventry staff and pupils share the same high aspirations.”
- “Pupils understand and follow ‘The Grace Way’, which includes the values of ‘limitless potential’ and ‘mutual respect’.”
- “Relationships between pupils and staff are courteous and respectful.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils, including pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils, have gaps in their learning due to absence.”
- “This means that some pupils do not always understand how their current learning connects with previous work.”
- “However, some pupils feel that homework tasks are not always given consistently across different subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 163 first-preference applications, 189 offers in total, 163 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Coventry.
- Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lyng Hall School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Caludon Castle School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Foxford Community School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Stoke Park School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eden Girls' School, Coventry 2.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Ernesford Grange Community Academy 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sidney Stringer Academy 3.0 mi Good Last distance published