Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.679 miles
Published by Coventry City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School is a secondary school in Coventry for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 February 2024. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Bishop Ullathorne 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 | 3.679 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 3.679 miles from the school, the 3rd longest of 13 Coventry secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.30 miles).
- That Year 7 distance was further than in 2025 and in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance. It swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 188 first-choice applications for 210 offers. 184 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils 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.
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
- Leasowes Avenue, Coventry, CV3 6BH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 1,155 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 February 2024
Strengths
- “Bishop Ullathorne is a welcoming, caring school community.”
- “Pupils value the school’s ethos and it contributes to why so many have very good attendance.”
- “The school has high expectations and aspirations for pupils’ behaviour and learning.”
To improve
- “However, there is some variation in how well questioning is used in lessons.”
- “This means that pupils do not always acquire the depth of knowledge they are capable of.”
- “Most pupils and students achieve good examination results, but this is not always the case for disadvantaged pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 57% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.9 | 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: 188 first-preference applications, 210 offers in total, 184 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 School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Westwood Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- WMG Academy for Young Engineers 1.6 mi School remains Good
- Finham Park 2 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Meadow Park School 2.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Barr's Hill School 2.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sidney Stringer Academy 2.6 mi Good Last distance published