Finham Park 2
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Coventry
Torrington Avenue, Coventry, CV4 9WT
61
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.9%
25.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
812
Capacity used
Has space91%
890 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
147 of 147 families who put it first got an offer
180
Places offered
486
Total applications
2.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 147 | 147 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 205 | 22 | ● 11% |
| 3rd preference | 131 | 11 | ● 8% |
| Later preferences | 3 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 486 | 180 | 37% |
1st preference success by year
Coventry lets families list 3 preferences. 10 applications came from outside the council area (3 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- William Keddie
- Address
- Torrington Avenue, Coventry, CV4 9WT
- Phone
- 02477710720
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Ward / constituency
- Tile Hill & Canley · Coventry South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141939
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 19% | — | — |
| SEN support | 21% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: FINHAM PARK MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
812 pupils · 890 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
29 November 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 726 pupils
Attendance
89.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
25.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
7.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 42.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.25 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 41% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 59% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.94 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 26.92 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 40.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 58.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 64.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.04 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 114 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 27.17 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 4.2% | 17% |
| A-level students | 41 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 112 | 20% | 47% | 66% | |
| English Language | 110 | 20% | 52% | 69% | |
| English Literature | 108 | 19% | 47% | 66% | |
| Combined Science | 82 | 9% | 29% | 54% | |
| Geography | 57 | 19% | 44% | 51% | |
| History | 39 | 38% | 67% | 77% | |
| Spanish | 36 | 6% | 14% | 33% | |
| Art and Design | 34 | 9% | 62% | 88% | |
| French | 31 | 16% | 45% | 65% | |
| Physical Education | 31 | 3% | 29% | 52% | |
| Religious Studies | 26 | 15% | 69% | 73% | |
| Business | 25 | 12% | 40% | 64% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Studies | 15 | 7% | 7% | 20% | |
| Sociology | 14 | 0% | 0% | 29% | |
| Psychology | 14 | 0% | 0% | 7% | |
| Mathematics | 12 | 8% | 25% | 42% | |
| History | 10 | 0% | 0% | 50% | |
| Biology | 7 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 6 | 0% | 17% | 33% | |
| English Literature | 6 | 0% | 17% | 17% | |
| Religious Studies | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Computer Science | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 20301: Finham Park 2
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 65% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 13% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 65% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Coventry council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.