Etone College
Secondary · Nuneaton · CV11 6AA
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 9 September 2026 · report published 14 October 2026
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1,164 pupils · 101% of 1,150 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 32.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 14.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 13.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- URN
- 137771
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 184 families named it first for 175 Year 7 places, 1.05 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.08 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 6 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 9 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
1.05 first-choice applications per place175 places offered · 184 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 2.08 miles for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.08 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Nuneaton school admissions · Warwickshire school admissions
GCSE results (2024/2025)
168 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
A-level results (2024/2025)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy | 42.9 | |
| Lynn Grove Academy | 44.2 | |
| Bilton School | 43.4 | |
| Admiral Lord Nelson School | 40.4 | |
| Christ The King College | 44.8 | |
| St Helena School | 46 | |
| Future Academies Watford | 39.8 | |
| Wigston Academy | 42.8 | |
| Springfield School | 39.8 | |
| Priory School | 44.7 | |
| Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science | 42.1 | |
| Barclay Academy | 49.5 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 64% (Warwickshire 68%, England 59%) · Asian Indian 11% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · Any other White background 7% (Warwickshire 7%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Warwickshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Warwickshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 5%) · Black African 2% (Warwickshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Warwickshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Warwickshire 2%, England 3%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
11.71 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Warwickshire: 15.97 suspensions and 0.21 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
77.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,507; 15.7% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (6%) · supplies and services 11% (11%) · educational supplies 8% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 4% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £572,000; in-year balance -£134,000
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Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
Inspection history since 2015
- 29 March 2022: School remains Good
- 31 January 2017: Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 33.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 12.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 35.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 12.5% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 47.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 71.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 4.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 24.4% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 31.8% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 22.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 26.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 16.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031102 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £250,000227 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £197,000–£325,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (3.35 km, 2026 entry): 2,532 sales, median £250,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 6an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 28an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 3an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted