Seva School

Free schools·Primary school Coventry·CV2 2TB
Composite score
53.7
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#5,928
National rank
#577
In West Midlands
#18
In Coventry
Top 40%
Nationally

Primary performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
27 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 28 places
Applications from another council area
20%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0020240.9520250.962026

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

Every child who put Seva School 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).

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
62 first choices, 69 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
90
any preference, for 69 places
Applications from another council area
14%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020220.6320230.8720240.8920250.902026

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

Every child who put Seva School 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).

Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)

Seva School is an all-through school covering ages 4–16, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.

#1,824
National rank
#181
In West Midlands
#10
In Coventry
Top 58%
Nationally
Attainment 8 score
44.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
43%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
68%
% EBacc grade 5+
15%
EBacc average points score
4.04

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

School profile

Age range
4–16
Pupils on roll
702
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Sikh

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
65.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
21.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£5,865
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
94%
53 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby primary schools

Location

About Seva School

Seva School is an all-through school in Coventry, classified by the DfE as a free school with a Sikh religious character. Around 702 pupils aged 4 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 44.4, broadly in line with the national average of 46. On our composite score, Seva School ranks in the top 40% of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 43% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. Seva School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 27 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.9%. There are about 18.7 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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