West Coventry Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.63 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
West Coventry Academy is a secondary school in Coventry for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
West Coventry 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 | 5.63 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 5.63 miles away, the longest of 13 Coventry secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- That Year 7 2026 distance was further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2019; the middle figure among those 13 schools was 1.30 miles.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 227 first-choice applications for 240 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 13 went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 34% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 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
- Tile Hill Lane, Coventry, CV4 9PW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 1,317 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy school and are proud to show off their new school building.”
- “Despite the challenges of getting used to new routines, social times are calm and orderly.”
- “Pupils behave well in lessons.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, a weaker curriculum in previous years and difficulties with staffing have left pupils with gaps in their knowledge.”
- “It is not always clear how teachers intend to address these gaps in their planned curriculum.”
- “However, there are some pupils who do not recall their earlier work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 October 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) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.2 | 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: 227 first-preference applications, 240 offers in total, 227 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.
- Finham Park 2 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Westwood Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- WMG Academy for Young Engineers 1.3 mi School remains Good
- Coundon Court 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Finham Park School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barr's Hill School 3.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St John Henry Newman Catholic School 3.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published