Coundon Court

Academy converter·Secondary school Coventry·CV6 2AJ
Composite score
56.2
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#1,704
National rank
#164
In West Midlands
#9
In Coventry
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
39%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
56%
% EBacc grade 5+
16%
EBacc average points score
3.95

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
199 first choices, 340 places
First choices per place
0.58
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
463
any preference, for 340 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8420220.6620230.5920240.6320250.582026

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

Every child who put Coundon Court first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,878
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
21.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
31.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,194
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
91%
298 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
81%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Coundon Court

Coundon Court is a secondary school in Coventry, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,878 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 45.0 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 2.2 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

39% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 56% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Coundon Court their first choice was offered one of its 340 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.6%. There are about 16.7 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Coundon Court, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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