SCHOOL PROFILE

Cardinal Newman Catholic School: data, trends and context

Cardinal Newman Catholic School is a secondary school in Coventry. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
147346
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Coventry
Region
West Midlands
Trust
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY
Postcode
CV6 2FR
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,435
FSM eligible
27.9%
EAL / First language other than English
31.7%
SEND (total)
19.7%
SEN Support
17.9%
EHCP
1.7%
White British
46.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.9%
Overall absence
9.1%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Severe absence
5.1%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
CoventryLocal authority90.6%9.4%4.1%
West MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
10.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
5.5%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.07%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
49.6
English & maths grade 5+
52.7%
English & maths grade 4+
70.7%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Cardinal Newman Catholic School is a secondary school in Coventry. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.