George Eliot Academy
Raveloe Drive, Nuneaton, CV11 4QP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Homeira Zakary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Nuneaton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 950
- Pupils on roll
- 815
- URN
- 137079
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02476744000
About this school
George Eliot Academy is a secondary academy in Nuneaton. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 815 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
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Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 172 | 155 | 120 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.9 | 44.2 | 45.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.14 -0.35 to +0.08 | -0.05 -0.28 to +0.18 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 41.9% | 42.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 56.1% | 60% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 20% | 37.4% | 27.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How George Eliot Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.9 | 41.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.2 | 39.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.8 | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 803 |
| 2023/24 | 805 |
| 2024/25 | 848 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How George Eliot Academy compares
George Eliot Academy ranked 19th of 36 secondary schools in Warwickshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 60% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.8 | 8.6% | 36.6% | 815 | — |
| St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College | 47.5 | 7.5% | 20.5% | 1,067 | 1.1 miles |
| Etone College | 47.3 | 8% | 30.4% | 1,164 | 1.2 miles |
| Higham Lane School | 52.3 | 7.2% | 16.6% | 1,516 | 1.7 miles |
| Nuneaton Academy | 44.2 | 14.9% | 42.7% | 977 | 1.9 miles |
| Nicholas Chamberlaine School | 36.9 | 10.8% | 36.2% | 1,456 | 2.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report18 November 2025
- 28 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.56%
- English as an additional language
- 12.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.58%
- Persistent absence
- 23.05%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College1.1 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
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Etone College1.2 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
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Higham Lane School1.7 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
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Nuneaton Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
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Nicholas Chamberlaine School2.0 miles
Secondary · Bedworth
Other schools in Nuneaton
George Eliot Academy ranks 6th of the 8 ranked secondary schools in Nuneaton.
- Etone College Secondary
- Hartshill Academy Secondary
- Higham Lane North Academy Secondary
- Higham Lane School Secondary
- Nuneaton Academy Secondary
- Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy Secondary
- St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College Secondary
- The Market Bosworth School Secondary
- Stockingford Maintained Nursery School Nursery
- Abbey CofE Infant School Primary
- All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton Primary
- Barlestone Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does George Eliot Academy teach?
- George Eliot Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Nuneaton.
- Who is the principal of George Eliot Academy?
- The principal of George Eliot Academy is Mrs Homeira Zakary, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was George Eliot Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected George Eliot Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is George Eliot Academy?
- George Eliot Academy has 815 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is George Eliot Academy full?
- George Eliot Academy has capacity for 950 pupils and 815 on roll (86%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is George Eliot Academy a faith school?
- No. George Eliot Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is George Eliot Academy a selective school?
- No. George Eliot Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs George Eliot Academy?
- George Eliot Academy is part of UNITED LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have George Eliot Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.9 in 2022/23 and 45.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does George Eliot Academy rank locally?
- George Eliot Academy ranked 19th of 36 secondary schools in Warwickshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 60% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is George Eliot Academy's absence rate?
- George Eliot Academy's overall absence rate is 8.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are George Eliot Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, George Eliot Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 6 July 2026.