West Coventry Academy
Academy converter in Coventry, CV4 9PW, taking ages 11 to 18, 1,317 on roll.
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In the latest published round, the furthest child offered a place lived 5.63 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
How this compares: every Coventry school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 5.63 miles, the distance the school admitted from in the latest published year.
West Coventry Academy: 5.63 miles Finham Park 2: 3.76 miles, published by Coventry
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When West Coventry 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.
Source: Coventry, published admission distances
Where West Coventry Academy and Finham Park 2 are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Finham Park 2 admitted from 3.76 miles in the latest published year, published by Coventry. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is CV1 at £120,000; the dearest shown, CV7, £467,500. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From West Coventry Academy | From Finham Park 2 | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CV1 | Coventry | 3.5 mi | 2.9 mi | £120,000 5 sales |
| CV4 | Coventry | 0.9 mi | 0.1 mi | £192,500 87 sales |
| CV5 | Coventry | 1.5 mi | 1.3 mi | £210,000 156 sales |
| CV8 | Warwick | 4.1 mi | 3.4 mi | £415,000 104 sales |
| CV7 | Coventry | 3.1 mi | 3.4 mi | £467,500 18 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.
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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Coventry, 83 of 355 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (23.4%; 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 West Coventry Academy that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finham Park 2 Both in reach | Secondary | 3.76 mi | 0.8 mi |
| Allesley Hall Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.71 mi | 1.3 mi |
| St Christopher Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.35 mi | 1.8 mi |
| Burton Green Church of England Academy Both in reach | Primary | 2.61 mi 2025/26 | 2.1 mi |
| All Souls' Catholic Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.38 mi | 2.2 mi |
| Cannon Park Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 2.24 mi | 2.3 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Has a sixth form |
| How full | 1,317 pupils in 1,356 places (97% full) |
| Trust | THE ARTHUR TERRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP |
| Local authority | Coventry |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 15 October 2023 |
| Attainment 8 | 41.2 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | -0.46 |
| 2022/23 | -0.44 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to West Coventry Academy
| Girls and boys | 52.1% girls, 47.9% boys |
| English as an additional language | 17.2% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 30.7% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where West Coventry Academy's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 45.4% |
| Sixth-form college | 0.5% |
| Further education college | 37.8% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.9% |
| Employment | 2.2% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 3.8% |
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 West Coventry Academy
Cheapest district inside the 5.63 miles: CV1, median £120,000. Dearest: CV7, £467,500.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| CV1 | Coventry | 3.5 mi | £120,000 5 sales |
| CV4 | Coventry | 0.9 mi | £192,500 87 sales |
| CV3 | Coventry | 4.8 mi | £201,000 102 sales |
| CV5 | Coventry | 1.5 mi | £210,000 156 sales |
| CV6 | Coventry | 4.1 mi | £215,884 257 sales |
| CV2 | Coventry | 5.5 mi | £220,000 140 sales |
| CV8 | Warwick | 4.1 mi | £415,000 104 sales |
| CV7 | Coventry | 3.1 mi | £467,500 18 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 5.63 miles the school admitted from in the latest published year, 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 West Coventry Academy by bus
Best-served stop: Ensign Close, 0.3 mi away, with 4.9 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 05:49, last 23:16.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hornbeam Drive | 0.2 mi | 2.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 6 |
| Hornbeam Drive | 0.2 mi | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 6 |
| West Coventry Academy | 0.2 mi | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53, 54, 55 |
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
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for West Coventry Academy?
West Coventry 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 the latest published year lived 5.63 miles away, per Coventry.
How close do I need to live to get a place at West Coventry Academy?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 5.63 miles was enough in the latest published year. 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 West Coventry 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.
Every Coventry school's distance
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