Meadow Park School
Secondary · Academy converter · 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
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Meadow Park School is a secondary school in Coventry for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 21 November 2023. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Meadow Park 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 |
| 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
- In Year 7 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as at 6 of the 19 other Coventry secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 49 first-choice applications for 122 offers, 0.4 first choices per offer, the lowest of 19 Coventry secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 73 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 27% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), the 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
- Abbey Road, Whitley, Coventry, CV3 4BD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 734 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 21 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, parents and staff all describe the significant improvements that have taken place at the school since the arrival of the new headteacher.”
- “There is now a clear and ambitious vision evident from all leaders to improve the quality of education for all pupils.”
- “The school is welcoming to all pupils and is frequently described as caring and compassionate.”
To improve
- “Pupils say that teaching is improving but they do not always remember the important information in their learning.”
- “Some pupils need more help to improve their reading.”
- “Pupils also need more help to understand what they need to do to improve their work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 27% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 34.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 122 offers in total, 49 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.
- Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ernesford Grange Community Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Finham Park School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sidney Stringer Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Stoke Park School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eden Girls' School, Coventry 2.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Barr's Hill School 2.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published