Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Coventry City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School is a secondary school in Coventry for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 6 of the 19 other Coventry secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 saw 153 first-choice applications for 199 offers, with 46 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 46% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Coventry.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
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
- Potters Green Road, Coventry, CV2 2AJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 1,406 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their learning and typically do their best.”
- “This is because they are at the heart of this welcoming school.”
- “As pupils are very well known to staff in the school, barriers to learning or wellbeing are generally reduced.”
To improve
- “However, the A-level results are not yet high enough.”
- “These developments have yet to have the same impact.”
- “The quality of the curriculum and teaching across subjects is too variable.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 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) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.6 | 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: 153 first-preference applications, 199 offers in total, 153 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.
- Grace Academy Coventry 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Lyng Hall School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Caludon Castle School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Foxford Community School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Stoke Park School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eden Girls' School, Coventry 2.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Sidney Stringer Academy 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ernesford Grange Community Academy 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published