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Foxford Community School

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth formCoventry, West Midlands · Coventry CV6 6BBTrust: Castle Phoenix TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,078of 1,035 places
Free school meals
41.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
172
Ofsted
Good, 6 December 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Foxford School and Community Arts College (URN 103732, until 30 September 2018).

What the data says

Of the 174 pupils who finished Year 11 at Foxford Community School in 2023, 37% stayed on in Foxford Community School’s own sixth form (Coventry average 46%), 40% went to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 61 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 69% went to university (Coventry 39%, England 37%), and 14% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 32% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.

11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Coventry and England.

Foxford Community School
Coventry
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureFoxford Community SchoolCoventryEngland
Pupils in the cohort1744,083607,348
Any sustained destination84%90%92%
Stayed in education80%84%86%
— school sixth form37%46%34%
— sixth form college2%3%13%
— further education college40%33%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship2%4%3%
Employment3%2%3%
No sustained destination11%7%6%
Destination unknown5%4%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

Foxford Community School
Coventry
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureFoxford Community SchoolCoventryEngland
Students in the cohort613,216541,441
Any sustained destination85%76%79%
University (higher education)69%39%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students14%14%19%
Further education0%7%5%
Apprenticeship5%6%7%
Employment11%24%28%
No sustained destination8%17%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureFoxford Community SchoolCoventryEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)41.044.046.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths37%41%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths64%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects16%32%41%
EBacc average point score3.493.834.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort44%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils37.834.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils43.448.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language42%34%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Literature17099%86%16%21%69%
English Language16998%89%13%20%69%
Mathematics16998%88%11%22%69%
Combined Science16194%65%7%9%48%
Geography11064%41%4%25%35%
Business Studies8248%18%11%20%59%
History6840%41%22%26%60%
Sociology5532%4%13%21%56%
Spanish3118%19%26%27%74%
Fine Art2917%9%17%28%62%
Computer Science2615%13%4%30%50%
Chemistry85%23%25%47%100%
Biology85%23%38%45%100%
Physics85%23%38%46%100%
Polish32%1%84%
Arabic21%1%47%
French21%18%29%
Russian11%0%87%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies53100%
Hospitality / Catering Studies48100%
Computer Appreciation / Introduction4696%
Sports Studies3063%
Childcare Skills2450%
Multimedia2246%
Speech and Drama1123%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureFoxford Community SchoolCoventryEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study110
— of whom A level students481,532261,341
Average A level gradeC-C+B-
Average points per A level entry28.0632.5535.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsC-C+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects6%12%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Psychology2348%23%
Fine Art1123%3%
English Literature1123%11%
Sociology1021%13%
Biology919%20%
History919%13%
Mathematics715%31%
Economics13%
Spanish2%
French1%
Politics6%
Physics12%
Arabic0%
Chemistry17%
Product Design2%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*2246%
Computer Architecture / SystemsBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*2144%
MultimediaBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*1429%
Sports StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*1021%
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*817%
Health StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*715%
Music performance: GroupBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*
Business StudiesBTEC Level 3 National Certificate (Band D)

Other secondary schools in Coventry

Barr's Hill School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,063 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7

Caludon Castle School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,520 pupils

81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.5

Coundon Court

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,873 pupils

81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.