George Eliot Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.107 miles
Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
George Eliot Academy is a secondary school in Nuneaton, Warwickshire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
George Eliot 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 | 4.107 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered was 4.107 miles, the 14th shortest of the 32 Warwickshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer than in 2025, about the same as in 2024, and the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 90 first-choice applications for 100 offers; 89 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 43% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 45.8 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Raveloe Drive, Nuneaton, CV11 4QP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Warwickshire
- Pupils on roll
- 815 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 18 November 2025
Strengths
- “There have been significant improvements in the school since it joined the United Learning Trust in December 2023.”
- “For example, pupils now attend more frequently.”
- “‘The George Eliot family’ is what many staff and pupils now call this school.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ achievements in a few subjects, such as mathematics and science are not as consistently secure.”
- “There remains a small number of pupils who find it challenging to meet the school's high expectations of their conduct.”
- “At times, pupils have limited opportunities to independently deepen or practise their learning when they are ready to do so.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2026 (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) | 43% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.8 | 46 |
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: 90 first-preference applications, 100 offers in total, 89 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 Warwickshire.
- St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Etone College 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Higham Lane School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Nuneaton Academy 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Nicholas Chamberlaine School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Higham Lane North Academy 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hartshill Academy 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ash Green School 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
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