Secondary
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Sandpits Lane, Keresley, Coventry, CV6 2FR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1435 of 1499 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Birmingham
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 98.9
- Pupils per adult
- 15.0
- Pupils
- 1,481
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2024
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
53%
11 points above the Coventry average (42% across 23 schools)
49.6
4.8 above the Coventry average (44.8 across 23 schools)
7th of 23 by our score, among the secondary schools in Coventry we can score - 29 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.19 |
| Entered the EBacc | 17% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| A level average points per entry | 35.68 |
| A level students | 111 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51% |
| 22/23 | 59% |
| 23/24 | 56% |
| 24/25 | 53% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.0 |
| 22/23 | 30.9 |
| 23/24 | 35.1 |
| 24/25 | 35.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.10 |
| 22/23 | +0.51 |
| 23/24 | +0.26 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 50.0 |
| 22/23 | 52.4 |
| 23/24 | 49.9 |
| 24/25 | 49.6 |
Sandpits Lane, Keresley, Coventry, CV6 2FR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Coventry admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Emma O'Connor
- Address
- Sandpits Lane, Keresley, Coventry, CV6 2FR
- Telephone
- 02476332382