Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Coventry
Unique reference
137272
Address
Terry Road, CV1 2BA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1724 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
38.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.1%
Persistent absence
20.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 28.7%
African 27.2%
Indian 9.9%
Other White 7.8%
Mixed 6.4%
Other Asian 6.1%
Pakistani 3.2%
Other Black 2.2%
Other 2.1%
Unclassified 2%
Chinese 1.5%
Bangladeshi 1.4%
Caribbean 1.2%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 30%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.3
Local authority average 43.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.51
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE49
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE21
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE56
Business Studies:SingleGCSE87
ChemistryGCSE56
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
DanceGCSE1
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
265
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
282
2nd preference
259
3rd preference
215
From another Local Authority
35
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
217
2nd preference
37
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
299
138
161
Year 8
296
159
137
Year 9
266
142
124
Year 10
263
127
136
Year 11
265
138
127
Year 12
161
67
94
Year 13
174
67
107
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
84.7%
85.6%
Further education
23.0%
30.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
66.0%
51.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
5.0%
2.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
7.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
69.6%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
32.0%
20.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.5%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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