Finham Park School

Academy converter·Secondary school Coventry·CV3 6EA
Composite score
69.6
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National rank
#36
In West Midlands
#2
In Coventry
Top 13%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
55.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
62%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
81%
% EBacc grade 5+
39%
EBacc average points score
5.31

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
84%
257 first choices, 270 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
588
any preference, for 270 places
Last place offered lived
1.66 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2673 m
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0920221.1320231.2220241.0320250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,705
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
24.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
17.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,978
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
96%
238 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Finham Park School is a secondary school serving Coventry, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,705 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 55.7 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 3.8 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 13% of secondary schools in England.

62% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 81% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 84% of the families who made Finham Park School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.66 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 17.6 pupils per teacher. Finham Park School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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