Foxford Community School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Coventry
Grange Road, Coventry, CV6 6BB
53
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 06/12/2022
Application demand
99%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.0%
32.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,078
Capacity used
Over capacity104%
1,035 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
99%
1st preference success rate
135 of 136 families who put it first got an offer
210
Places offered
288
Total applications
1.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 136 | 135 | ● 99% |
| 2nd preference | 88 | 28 | ● 32% |
| 3rd preference | 64 | 21 | ● 33% |
| Total | 288 | 184 | 64% |
1st preference success by year
Coventry lets families list 3 preferences. 17 applications came from outside the council area (10 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Thomas Jordan
- Address
- Grange Road, Longford, Coventry, CV6 6BB
- Phone
- 02476369200
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Ward / constituency
- Longford · Coventry East
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 146436
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 41% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 45% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: CASTLE PHOENIX TRUST
1,078 pupils · 1,035 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
06 December 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,005 pupils
Attendance
89.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
11.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
32.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.4%
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 | 37.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.23 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 29% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 48% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.05 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 22.10 | — | — |
Average grade: D+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 37.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 64% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 16.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.49 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 172 | — |
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 | 28.06 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 6.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 48 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 170 | 16% | 49% | 69% | |
| Mathematics | 169 | 11% | 44% | 69% | |
| English Language | 169 | 13% | 49% | 69% | |
| Combined Science | 161 | 7% | 27% | 48% | |
| Geography | 110 | 4% | 22% | 35% | |
| Business | 82 | 11% | 48% | 59% | |
| History | 68 | 22% | 46% | 60% | |
| Social Studies | 55 | 13% | 38% | 56% | |
| Spanish | 31 | 26% | 65% | 74% | |
| Art and Design | 29 | 17% | 52% | 62% | |
| Computer Science | 26 | 4% | 38% | 50% | |
| Biology | 8 | 38% | 75% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 23 | 0% | 4% | 22% | |
| Fine Art | 11 | 0% | 9% | 55% | |
| English Literature | 11 | 0% | 9% | 27% | |
| Sociology | 10 | 0% | 0% | 50% | |
| Biology | 9 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 9 | 11% | 11% | 22% | |
| Mathematics | 7 | 0% | 29% | 43% | |
| Chemistry | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Spanish | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Economics | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #315 of 1,846 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 13181: Foxford School & Community Arts College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
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) | 69% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 8% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 69% | — | — |
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.