SchoolFacts.uk

President Kennedy School Academy

Secondary · Coventry · CV6 4GL

Data updated

⇄ Compare with another school
Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 6 December 2023

Read the Ofsted report ↗

At a glance

1,799 pupils · 115% of 1,570 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
35.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
34.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.pks.coventry.sch.uk/
URN
140248

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 471 families named it first for 297 Year 7 places, 1.59 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.89 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 5 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 6 December 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.59 first-choice applications per place

297 places offered · 471 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: defined priority area. Inside it, last place at 1.206 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.89 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion C (catchment)
1.206 miles

Would you have got in? Check your postcode

One free check a month, no account needed: your postcode against this school's cutoff history. Premium adds unlimited checks, the nearby schools you would be inside, and the address check across every school at once.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

327 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
43.2
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
58.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
37.6%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.7
England 4.1

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)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
35.3
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school43.2
Median of its 12 closest peers45.6
Coventry average44.8
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind 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.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Swindon AcademySwindon · 61 miles awayExpected standard50.2
Woolwich Polytechnic SchoolLondon · 95 miles awayGood45.2
Dixons Allerton AcademyBradford · 94 miles awayRequires improvement41.7
Kettering Science AcademyKettering · 34 miles awayGood37.3
Alderwood SchoolAldershot · 89 miles awayRequires improvement42.2
St Mary Magdalene AcademyLondon · 87 miles awayOutstanding59.3
Oxford Spires AcademyOxford · 51 miles awayGood46.3
Cheney SchoolOxford · 50 miles awayGood46
Cantell SchoolSouthampton · 104 miles awayOutstanding46.9
Harris Garrard AcademyErith · 97 miles awayStrong standard48.1
Wrenn SchoolWellingborough · 37 miles awayGood40.9
The Aylesbury Vale AcademyAylesbury · 51 miles awayGood39.8

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 33% (Coventry 38%, England 59%) · Any other Asian background 13% (Coventry 7%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 12% (Coventry 10%, England 4%) · Black African 11% (Coventry 15%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 9% (Coventry 5%, England 5%) · Any other White background 8% (Coventry 9%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Coventry 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Coventry 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Coventry 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Coventry 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Coventry 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Coventry 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Coventry 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

12.14 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Coventry: 20.32 suspensions and 0.25 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

Suspensions and exclusions, last three years Premium

Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0.87% 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)

68% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.9 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 £58,825; 15.8% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

Vacancies, sickness and pay, last three years Premium

Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,365
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 11% (11%) · educational supplies 3% (6%) · bought-in professional services 3% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,674,000; in-year balance +£656,000

Spending and reserves, last three years Premium

Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
89%
Continuing in education
85%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
72%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
16%
Any sustained destination
90%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier65.7%62.3%
Social housing1.7%17.1%
Privately rented32.3%20.5%
Detached houses8.6%22.9%
Flats1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van16%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009591 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£235,000314 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£200,000–£301,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (78)£383,000
Semi-detached (99)£235,000
Terraced (136)£208,000

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 (1.43 km, 2025 entry): 708 sales, median £245,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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

Nearby schools