President Kennedy School Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.206 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
President Kennedy School Academy is a secondary school in Coventry for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. Coventry and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
President Kennedy School 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 | 1.206 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 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 in 2026 there were 471 first-choice applications for 297 offers; 280 offers went to first-choice families, and 191 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.206 miles away, the 6th shortest of 13 Coventry secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.30 miles).
- The Year 7 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 38% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th 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
- Rookery Lane, Coventry, CV6 4GL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 1,799 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 6 December 2023
Strengths
- “President Kennedy School is committed to ‘building brighter futures’ for all.”
- “They embody this ambition wholeheartedly.”
- “Pupils are proud and happy to be a part of this inclusive and diverse school where they excel both academically and personally.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 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) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.2 | 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: 471 first-preference applications, 297 offers in total, 280 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.
- St John Henry Newman Catholic School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Coundon Court 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Foxford Community School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Barr's Hill School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Eden Girls' School, Coventry 2.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Sidney Stringer Academy 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lyng Hall School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published