Secondary school

Sidney Stringer Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Coventry
  • CV1 5LY
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Feb 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,568 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 79%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 39%39%2016/17: top 52%2017/18: top 63%2018/19: top 65%2021/22: top 65%2022/23: top 76%2023/24: top 78%2024/25: top 79%No exams

A-level results

#73 of 241 West Midlands sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against West Midlands

Attainment 840.1 · West Midlands 44.13/10 Below−13.7 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths35% · West Midlands 39.3%4/10 Below−34.7 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.53 · West Midlands 3.814/10 Below−24.4 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.19 · West Midlands −0.105/10 Middle−18 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry35.09 · West Midlands 31.738/10 Above+29 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 51.7 · 208 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 45.6 · 205 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 43.6 · 203 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 43.5 · 203 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 45.5 · 206 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 40.8 · 211 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 39.9 · 231 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 40.1 · 206 pupils · West Midlands 44.1551.739.9No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 42% · 205 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 32% · 203 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 42% · 203 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 54% · 206 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 40% · 211 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 35.5% · 231 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 35% · 206 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%54%32%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 31.33 · 110 pupils · West Midlands 27.92016/17: 29.36 · 90 pupils · West Midlands 28.62017/18: 28.84 · 107 pupils · West Midlands 29.062018/19: 30.05 · 94 pupils · West Midlands 30.052021/22: 34.63 · 118 pupils · West Midlands 35.232022/23: 33.53 · 99 pupils · West Midlands 30.952023/24: 34.25 · 116 pupils · West Midlands 31.612024/25: 35.09 · 90 pupils · West Midlands 31.7335.0928.84No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in62.1%
198 of 319 who put it first2014 · 72.3%2026 · 62.1%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st319198
2nd24410
3rd1941

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2013Outstanding
  3. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,496
Free school meals (past 6 years)49.9%
First language not English63.2%
SEN support19.3%
EHC plan2.4%
Absence (sessions missed)9.5%
Persistently absent pupils26.2%

Girls 44.2%Boys 55.8%

110.8% full · 1,350 places · 350 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher13.8
Pupils per adult9.8
  • Classroom teachers 90.9
  • Leadership 17.8
  • Teaching assistants 22.9
  • Other support 67.1

Teachers 108.7 FTE · Whole workforce 198.8 · 231 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,425
Spend per pupil£8,458
Staff spend per pupil£6,696
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£1,453,000in-year balance

Grants £9,282 · self-generated £224 · premises £475 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: SIDNEY STRINGER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (5 academies) · trust reserve £3,524,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

231 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained86.6%
  • Education85.3%
  • Apprenticeship1.3%
  • Employment0%
  • Not sustained6.1%
  • Unknown7.4%

After sixth form (16–18)

175 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained75.4%
  • Education57.1%
  • Higher education54.3%
  • Apprenticeship6.9%
  • Employment11.4%
  • Not sustained14.3%
  • Unknown10.3%