Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.408 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College is a secondary school in Coventry for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 May 2023. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College 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 | 0.408 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.408 miles away, the shortest of 13 Coventry secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 in 2026: 341 first-choice applications for 275 offers; 245 offers went to first-choice families, and 96 first-choice families (28%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 56% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd highest 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
- Terry Road, Coventry, CV1 2BA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 1,815 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 May 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders and teachers work to realise this vision.”
- “Pupils benefit from this and are happy at school.”
- “There is a cohesive and vibrant school community.”
To improve
- “In a minority of subjects, this practice is less well developed.”
- “Occasionally, pupils do not know exactly what they have done well and what they need to improve.”
- “This means that, in some instances, new knowledge is not known in detail before moving on.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 July 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) | 56% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.2 | 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: 341 first-preference applications, 275 offers in total, 245 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.
- Meadow Park School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Sidney Stringer Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Girls' School, Coventry 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Stoke Park School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ernesford Grange Community Academy 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barr's Hill School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lyng Hall School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Finham Park School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published