School admissions in Coventry
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 67 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
85 schools. 18 received more first preferences than they had places.
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
21 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| President Kennedy School Academy | 1.59 | 297 | 0.89 miles |
| Sidney Stringer Academy | 1.53 | 209 | not published |
| Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College | 1.24 | 275 | 0.408 miles |
| Barr's Hill School | 1.24 | 180 | 0.651 miles |
| Eden Girls' School, Coventry | 1.17 | 150 | not published |
| Ernesford Grange Community Academy | 1.00 | 210 | 0.758 miles |
| St John Henry Newman Catholic School | 0.99 | 250 | 2.659 miles |
| Caludon Castle School | 0.99 | 238 | 1.297 miles |
| Finham Park School | 0.95 | 270 | 1.661 miles |
| West Coventry Academy | 0.95 | 240 | 2.457 miles |
| Finham Park 2 | 0.94 | 180 | 3.76 miles |
| Seva School | 0.90 | 69 | not published |
| Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School | 0.90 | 210 | not published |
| Stoke Park School | 0.90 | 210 | 1.005 miles |
| Grace Academy Coventry | 0.86 | 189 | not published |
| Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School | 0.77 | 199 | not published |
| The Westwood Academy | 0.76 | 117 | not published |
| Foxford Community School | 0.75 | 207 | 2.041 miles |
| Lyng Hall School | 0.66 | 179 | not published |
| Coundon Court | 0.59 | 340 | not published |
| Meadow Park School | 0.40 | 122 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.