Lyng Hall School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Requires improvement
Nov 5 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Coventry
Unique reference
142960
Address
Blackberry Lane, CV2 3JS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
989 (82% of total capacity)
Boys
53.8%
Girls
46.2%
First language not English
34.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.8%
Persistent absence
34.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 39.1%
Other White 14.8%
African 10.6%
Mixed 7.6%
Pakistani 7.6%
Indian 5.9%
Other 3.5%
Other Asian 3.4%
Bangladeshi 2%
Gypsy/Roma 1.7%
Unclassified 1.6%
Caribbean 0.9%
Other Black 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 32%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 18%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32.6
Local authority average 43.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.64
Local authority average 3.83
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award55
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award26
MultimediaTechnical Award30
Speech & DramaTechnical Award18
Sports StudiesTechnical Award106
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE26
ChineseGCSE19
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Lyng Hall School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
129
2nd preference
72
3rd preference
112
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
129
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
90
90
Year 8
175
105
70
Year 9
178
102
76
Year 10
150
80
70
Year 11
144
74
70
Year 12
90
36
54
Year 13
72
45
27
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
83.6%
85.5%
Further education
20.0%
33.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
56.0%
47.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
2.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
15.0%
7.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
6.0%
3.6%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
63.0%
63.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
13.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.6%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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