Which school has the best GCSE results in Coventry?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Eden Girls' School, Coventry tops the table in Coventry with 65.2, against an England average of 46.2. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Coventry schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2026 results, the 2025/26 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in Coventry show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Coventry GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

23 state secondary schools in Coventry ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 independent school with published results is listed separately, unranked.

Town 23 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Coventry ranked on Attainment 8

23 of 23 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Coventry ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1	Eden Girls' School, Coventry Coventry · Free schools	65.2	39%	81%	92%	–	118
2 , up 3 places since 2025	St John Henry Newman Catholic School Coventry · Academy converter	53.8	22%	64%	80%	–	248
3 , up 1 place since 2025	Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College Coventry · Academy converter	52.2	17%	53%	70%	–	272
4 , down 2 places since 2025	Finham Park School Coventry · Academy converter	50.7	15%	56%	73%	–	271
5 , down 2 places since 2025	Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School Coventry · Academy converter	50.4	14%	56%	73%	–	203
6 , up 4 places since 2025	Coundon Court Coventry · Academy converter	47.5	13%	44%	66%	–	329
7 , up 12 places since 2025	The Westwood Academy Coventry · Academy converter	46.1	16%	48%	66%	–	156
8 , up 1 place since 2025	Caludon Castle School Coventry · Academy converter	45.2	11%	42%	65%	–	239
9= , down 2 places since 2025	Barr's Hill School Coventry · Academy converter	44.9	15%	49%	68%	–	173
9= , up 4 places since 2025	Stoke Park School Coventry · Academy sponsor led	44.9	11%	43%	63%	–	176
11 , up 1 place since 2025	Finham Park 2 Coventry · Free schools	44.8	10%	43%	61%	–	117
12 , up 2 places since 2025	President Kennedy School Academy Coventry · Academy converter	44.6	13%	46%	64%	–	302
13 , down 7 places since 2025	Heart of England School Coventry · Academy converter	44.3	9%	43%	65%	–	197
14 , up 2 places since 2025	WMG Academy for Young Engineers Coventry · University technical college	43.6	8%	40%	66%	–	119
15 , up 5 places since 2025	Sidney Stringer Academy Coventry · Academy sponsor led	42.3	19%	44%	58%	–	207
16 , down 2 places since 2025	Grace Academy Coventry Coventry · Academy sponsor led	42.0	10%	35%	56%	–	188
17 , down 9 places since 2025	Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Coventry · Academy sponsor led	40.7	9%	40%	60%	–	228
18 , up 3 places since 2025	Ernesford Grange Community Academy Coventry · Academy sponsor led	39.8	9%	42%	61%	–	208
19 , down 2 places since 2025	West Coventry Academy Coventry · Academy converter	39.3	6%	28%	53%	–	219
20 , down 2 places since 2025	Foxford Community School Coventry · Academy sponsor led	38.6	4%	39%	61%	–	166
21 , down 10 places since 2025	Seva School Coventry · Free schools	35.1	4%	26%	47%	–	115
22 , up 1 place since 2025	Lyng Hall School Coventry · Academy converter	34.4	4%	14%	31%	–	137
23 , down 1 place since 2025	Meadow Park School Coventry · Academy converter	33.1	7%	29%	45%	–	164

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

Independent schools in Coventry with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
OneSchool Global UK Coventry · Other independent school	2.6	0%	45

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Coventry on our composite score

Coventry GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Coventry ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Coventry with published GCSE results

More about schools in Coventry

Coventry GCSE results: common questions