President Kennedy School Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Dec 6 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Coventry
Unique reference
140248
Address
Rookery Lane, CV6 4GL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1827 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
34.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.2%
Persistent absence
19.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 33.8%
Indian 13.1%
Other Asian 11.4%
Pakistani 9.6%
Other White 9.1%
African 9%
Mixed 7.4%
Unclassified 2%
Other 1.4%
Other Black 1.1%
Caribbean 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.4
Local authority average 43.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.08
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award26
Music Studies (General)Technical Award11
Sports StudiesTechnical Award40
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award32
Health StudiesTechnical Award44
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award55
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE67
ChemistryGCSE67
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

President Kennedy School Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
300
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
415
2nd preference
261
3rd preference
166
From another Local Authority
82
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
272
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes25.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
309
164
145
Year 8
306
158
148
Year 9
310
148
162
Year 10
332
164
168
Year 11
299
158
141
Year 12
141
55
86
Year 13
130
53
77
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
33.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
53.0%
47.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
3.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
6.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
79.0%
69.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
14.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
23.0%
13.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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