Coundon Court
Northbrook Road, Coventry, CV6 2AJ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE FUTURES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Heal
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Futures Trust
- Constituency
- Coventry North West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 2,025
- Pupils on roll
- 1,873
- URN
- 138023
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02476335121
About this school
Coundon Court is a secondary academy in Coventry. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,873 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 298 | 332 | 329 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.8 | 42.8 | 45.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.20 -0.36 to -0.03 | -0.28 -0.43 to -0.12 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 40.1% | 38.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 63% | 56.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 76% | 44.9% | 30.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
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 Coundon Court has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Coventry average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.8 | 36.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.8 | 36.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45 | 36.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,880 |
| 2023/24 | 1,919 |
| 2024/25 | 1,878 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Coundon Court compares
Coundon Court ranked 9th of 22 secondary schools in Coventry for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 57% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45 | 9.5% | 25.1% | 1,873 | — |
| Cardinal Newman Catholic School | 49.6 | 9.1% | 29.4% | 1,435 | 0.9 miles |
| Barr's Hill School | 46.7 | 8.7% | 43.5% | 1,063 | 1.5 miles |
| President Kennedy School Academy | 43.2 | 8.7% | 35.2% | 1,799 | 1.7 miles |
| Eden Girls' School, Coventry | 62.6 | 3.8% | 38.2% | 600 | 1.9 miles |
| Sidney Stringer Academy | 40.1 | 9.5% | 49.9% | 1,496 | 2.1 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.08%
- English as an additional language
- 21.8%
- Overall absence
- 9.54%
- Persistent absence
- 26.19%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cardinal Newman Catholic School0.9 miles
Secondary · Coventry
-
Barr's Hill School1.5 miles
Secondary · Coventry
-
President Kennedy School Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Coventry
-
Eden Girls' School, Coventry1.9 miles
Secondary · Coventry
-
Sidney Stringer Academy2.1 miles
Secondary · Coventry
Other schools in Coventry
Coundon Court ranks 10th of the 24 ranked secondary schools in Coventry.
- Ash Green School Secondary
- Barr's Hill School Secondary
- Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School Secondary
- Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College Secondary
- Caludon Castle School Secondary
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School Secondary
- Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Secondary
- Eden Girls' School, Coventry Secondary
- Ernesford Grange Community Academy Secondary
- Finham Park 2 Secondary
- Finham Park School Secondary
- Foxford Community School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Coundon Court teach?
- Coundon Court teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Coventry.
- Who is the headteacher of Coundon Court?
- The headteacher of Coundon Court is Mr Christopher Heal, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Coundon Court last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Coundon Court, 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 Coundon Court?
- Coundon Court has 1,873 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Coundon Court full?
- Coundon Court has capacity for 2,025 pupils and 1,873 on roll (92%), 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 Coundon Court a faith school?
- No. Coundon Court has no designated religious character.
- Is Coundon Court a selective school?
- No. Coundon Court is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Coundon Court?
- Coundon Court is part of THE FUTURES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Coundon Court's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.8 in 2022/23 and 45 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Coundon Court rank locally?
- Coundon Court ranked 9th of 22 secondary schools in Coventry for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 57% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Coundon Court's absence rate?
- Coundon Court's overall absence rate is 9.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Coundon Court's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Coundon Court'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 1 July 2026.