Sidney Stringer Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.675 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sidney Stringer Academy is a secondary school in Coventry for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2023. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Sidney Stringer Academy 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 | 0.675 mi |
| 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
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.675 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 13 Coventry secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2019, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- In Year 7 2026 there were 319 first-choice applications for 209 offers: 198 offers went to first-choice families, and 121 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd 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
- 2 Primrose Hill Street, Coventry, CV1 5LY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 1,496 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 February 2023
Strengths
- “This is a vibrant and inclusive school.”
- “The school’s ‘DRIVE’ values shine through all that is done here.”
- “Leaders and teachers show great determination in their work, while pupils develop a profound respect for individual difference.”
To improve
- “The curriculum is less well developed in key stage 3.”
- “Unless pupils opt to take a subject at GCSE, they do not have the opportunity to study the foundation subjects in enough depth.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not learn all they need to be successful in the qualifications that may follow.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 June 2023 (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) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | 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: 319 first-preference applications, 209 offers in total, 198 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.
- Eden Girls' School, Coventry 0.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Barr's Hill School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Stoke Park School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lyng Hall School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Meadow Park School 1.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Caludon Castle School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Coundon Court 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published