Barr's Hill School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.83 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Barr's Hill School is a secondary school in Coventry for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Barr's Hill 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 | 1.83 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
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 1.83 miles away, 5th longest of 13 Coventry secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.30 miles).
- The Year 7 last distance swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2019.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, there were 223 first-choice applications for 180 offers; 152 offers went to first-choice families, and 71 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 5th 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
- Radford Road, Coventry, CV1 4BU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 1,063 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “Barr’s Hill School transforms the life chances of pupils.”
- “It is wholeheartedly committed to overcoming any barriers to learning.”
- “Pupils at this school, irrespective of their background or starting points, achieve exceptionally well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 April 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) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.7 | 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: 223 first-preference applications, 180 offers in total, 152 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.
- Eden Girls' School, Coventry 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Sidney Stringer Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Coundon Court 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stoke Park School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lyng Hall School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John Henry Newman Catholic School 2.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Finham Park School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published