What did Ofsted judge Grace Academy Coventry's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Grace Academy Coventry's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in January 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Grace Academy Coventry?

Grace Academy Coventry has 1,051 pupils on roll.

What ages does Grace Academy Coventry take?

Grace Academy Coventry admits pupils aged 11 to 18.

Where is Grace Academy Coventry located?

Grace Academy Coventry is located in Coventry, CV2 2RH, Coventry.

How do I apply to Grace Academy Coventry?

Grace Academy Coventry is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

How close do you need to live to get into Grace Academy Coventry?

Distance did not decide places at Grace Academy Coventry for 2026-27 (Year 7): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

How are Year 7 places decided at Grace Academy Coventry?

When Grace Academy Coventry has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after / previously looked after children — Children who, at the time of admission, are in the care of a local authority or are provided with accommodation by the authority (Looked After Children). Also, children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a Child Arrangements Order or Special Guardianship Order and including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Children of staff — Children of staff at the Academy, in either of the following circumstances: The member of staff has been employed at the Academy for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made, or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage; 3. Catchment area with sibling — Children who live in the catchment area served by the Academy, who have a brother or sister attending the Academy provided that the brother or sister is of compulsory Academy age and will continue to attend that Academy the following year, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 210 places at this entry point. Tie-break: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the school will use the distance between the Academy and a child's home as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. Priority will be given to children who live closest to the Academy. Where the distance two (or more) children's homes and the Academy is the same, random allocation will be used to decide between them and will be overseen independently.

What is the largest ethnic background at Grace Academy Coventry?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 33.7% of pupils at Grace Academy Coventry are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

Grace Academy Coventry: Ofsted, Results & Catchment 2026

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Distance did not decide places here

Every applicant who applied on time was offered a place for 2026-27 (Year 7), so there was no cut-off distance. This changes from year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

How places were offered at Grace Academy Coventry, year by year →

How places are decided at Grace Academy Coventry

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after / previously looked after children — Children who, at the time of admission, are in the care of a local authority or are provided with accommodation by the authority (Looked After Children). Also, children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a Child Arrangements Order or Special Guardianship Order and including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Children of staff — Children of staff at the Academy, in either of the following circumstances: The member of staff has been employed at the Academy for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made, or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
3Catchment area with sibling — Children who live in the catchment area served by the Academy, who have a brother or sister attending the Academy provided that the brother or sister is of compulsory Academy age and will continue to attend that Academy the following year.
4Other children in catchment area — Other children who live in the catchment area served by the Academy.
5Outside catchment with sibling — Children living outside the catchment area with a brother or sister who currently attends the Academy, provided that the brother or sister is of compulsory Academy age and will continue to attend that Academy the following year.
6Distance — Children by reference to the distance from home to the preferred Academy. If it is not possible to meet all of the requests in any one of the categories described above, they will be prioritised by reference to distance from home to the Academy.

If two applications tie: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the school will use the distance between the Academy and a child's home as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. Priority will be given to children who live closest to the Academy. Where the distance two (or more) children's homes and the Academy is the same, random allocation will be used to decide between them and will be overseen independently.

All children whose EHCP names the Academy are admitted before any other places are allocated (not numbered as part of the oversubscription list).

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Grace Academy Coventry: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Grace Academy Coventry's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Grace Academy Coventry's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in January 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Grace Academy Coventry?: Grace Academy Coventry has 1,051 pupils on roll.
What ages does Grace Academy Coventry take?: Grace Academy Coventry admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
Where is Grace Academy Coventry located?: Grace Academy Coventry is located in Coventry, CV2 2RH, Coventry.
How do I apply to Grace Academy Coventry?: Grace Academy Coventry is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How close do you need to live to get into Grace Academy Coventry?: Distance did not decide places at Grace Academy Coventry for 2026-27 (Year 7): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.
How are Year 7 places decided at Grace Academy Coventry?: When Grace Academy Coventry has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after / previously looked after children — Children who, at the time of admission, are in the care of a local authority or are provided with accommodation by the authority (Looked After Children). Also, children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a Child Arrangements Order or Special Guardianship Order and including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Children of staff — Children of staff at the Academy, in either of the following circumstances: The member of staff has been employed at the Academy for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made, or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage; 3. Catchment area with sibling — Children who live in the catchment area served by the Academy, who have a brother or sister attending the Academy provided that the brother or sister is of compulsory Academy age and will continue to attend that Academy the following year, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 210 places at this entry point. Tie-break: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the school will use the distance between the Academy and a child's home as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. Priority will be given to children who live closest to the Academy. Where the distance two (or more) children's homes and the Academy is the same, random allocation will be used to decide between them and will be overseen independently.
What is the largest ethnic background at Grace Academy Coventry?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 33.7% of pupils at Grace Academy Coventry are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How close did you need to live?

Distance did not decide places here

Every applicant who applied on time was offered a place for 2026-27 (Year 7), so there was no cut-off distance. This changes from year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

How places were offered at Grace Academy Coventry, year by year →

How places are decided at Grace Academy Coventry

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after / previously looked after children — Children who, at the time of admission, are in the care of a local authority or are provided with accommodation by the authority (Looked After Children). Also, children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a Child Arrangements Order or Special Guardianship Order and including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Children of staff — Children of staff at the Academy, in either of the following circumstances: The member of staff has been employed at the Academy for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made, or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
3Catchment area with sibling — Children who live in the catchment area served by the Academy, who have a brother or sister attending the Academy provided that the brother or sister is of compulsory Academy age and will continue to attend that Academy the following year.
4Other children in catchment area — Other children who live in the catchment area served by the Academy.
5Outside catchment with sibling — Children living outside the catchment area with a brother or sister who currently attends the Academy, provided that the brother or sister is of compulsory Academy age and will continue to attend that Academy the following year.
6Distance — Children by reference to the distance from home to the preferred Academy. If it is not possible to meet all of the requests in any one of the categories described above, they will be prioritised by reference to distance from home to the Academy.

All children whose EHCP names the Academy are admitted before any other places are allocated (not numbered as part of the oversubscription list).

Grace Academy Coventry: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Grace Academy Coventry's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Grace Academy Coventry's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in January 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Grace Academy Coventry?: Grace Academy Coventry has 1,051 pupils on roll.
What ages does Grace Academy Coventry take?: Grace Academy Coventry admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
Where is Grace Academy Coventry located?: Grace Academy Coventry is located in Coventry, CV2 2RH, Coventry.
How do I apply to Grace Academy Coventry?: Grace Academy Coventry is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How close do you need to live to get into Grace Academy Coventry?: Distance did not decide places at Grace Academy Coventry for 2026-27 (Year 7): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.
How are Year 7 places decided at Grace Academy Coventry?: When Grace Academy Coventry has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after / previously looked after children — Children who, at the time of admission, are in the care of a local authority or are provided with accommodation by the authority (Looked After Children). Also, children who were previously looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a Child Arrangements Order or Special Guardianship Order and including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Children of staff — Children of staff at the Academy, in either of the following circumstances: The member of staff has been employed at the Academy for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the Academy is made, or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage; 3. Catchment area with sibling — Children who live in the catchment area served by the Academy, who have a brother or sister attending the Academy provided that the brother or sister is of compulsory Academy age and will continue to attend that Academy the following year, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 210 places at this entry point. Tie-break: In the case of 2 or more applications that cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, the school will use the distance between the Academy and a child's home as a tie breaker to decide between applicants. Priority will be given to children who live closest to the Academy. Where the distance two (or more) children's homes and the Academy is the same, random allocation will be used to decide between them and will be overseen independently.
What is the largest ethnic background at Grace Academy Coventry?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 33.7% of pupils at Grace Academy Coventry are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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