George Eliot Academy
Academy sponsor led in Nuneaton, CV11 4QP, taking ages 11 to 16, 815 on roll.
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In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 5 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
How this compares: every Warwickshire school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 5 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.
George Eliot Academy: 5 miles, 2025/26 St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College: 0.39 miles, 2025/26, published by Warwickshire
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When George Eliot Academy is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
One published year so far: 2025/26, from Warwickshire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.
Source: Warwickshire, published admission distances, 2025/26
Where George Eliot Academy and St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College admitted from 0.39 miles in 2025/26, published by Warwickshire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 5 and 0.39 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.
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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Warwickshire, 71 of 356 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (19.9%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.
Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to George Eliot Academy that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wembrook Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.85 mi 2025/26 | 0.5 mi |
| Middlemarch School Both in reach | Primary | 2.98 mi 2025/26 | 0.6 mi |
| Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.3 mi 2025/26 | 0.8 mi |
| Whitestone Infant School Both in reach | Primary | 4.18 mi 2025/26 | 0.8 mi |
| Chilvers Coton Community Infant School Both in reach | Primary | 2.21 mi 2025/26 | 0.9 mi |
| St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College Both in reach | Secondary | 0.39 mi 2025/26 | 1.1 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| How full | 815 pupils in 950 places (86% full) |
| Trust | UNITED LEARNING TRUST |
| Local authority | Warwickshire |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Report card, November 2025: 6 at the expected standard |
| Report card |
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| Attainment 8 | 45.8 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | -0.05 |
| 2022/23 | -0.14 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to George Eliot Academy
| Girls and boys | 47.2% girls, 52.8% boys |
| English as an additional language | 14.2% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 34.7% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where George Eliot Academy's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 9.3% |
| Sixth-form college | 34.3% |
| Further education college | 42.4% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.5% |
| Employment | 1.2% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 5.2% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
What it costs to live within reach of George Eliot Academy
Cheapest district inside the 5 miles: CV12, median £177,000. Dearest: LE10, £270,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| CV12 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 2.1 mi | £177,000 61 sales |
| CV10 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 2.2 mi | £185,000 149 sales |
| CV11 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 0.9 mi | £226,000 123 sales |
| LE10 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 4.2 mi | £270,000 44 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 5 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to George Eliot Academy by bus
Best-served stop: Franklin Road, 83 yd away, with 3.0 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:56, last 19:17.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Eliot School | 56 yd | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 |
| George Eliot School | 78 yd | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Franklin Road | 83 yd | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1, 2 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing George Eliot Academy against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around CV11: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at CV11 4QP, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →
Checking the house as well as the school
The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for George Eliot Academy?
George Eliot Academy does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 5 miles away, per Warwickshire.
How close do I need to live to get a place at George Eliot Academy?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 5 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near George Eliot Academy guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
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