Stoke Park School

Stoke Park School is a diverse secondary school in Coventry, part of The Futures Trust, serving a community with above-average free school meals and well-above-average SEN support. It has a hearing impairment resourced provision and has undergone significant leadership change since the last inspection, including a new executive headteacher and head of school. Inspectors found the school meeting expected standards in all evaluated areas, with safeguarding met. Pupils generally achieve well, including at key stage 4, and disadvantaged pupils make progress in line with similar pupils nationally. Attendance is high, behaviour is typically calm and orderly, and pupils feel safe and describe an inclusive, tolerant community where bullying is not tolerated. Personal development, careers education and sixth form provision are strengths; sixth form standards have improved, and students receive effective advice and support for ambitious next steps. Leadership, governance and trust support are effective, staff are positive, and leaders have an accurate view of priorities. There are still areas for improvement. Teaching quality varies, particularly at key stage 3, and some teachers do not check pupils' understanding well enough or consistently adapt the curriculum for pupils with SEND and other significant needs. As a result, misconceptions and gaps can go unaddressed, and some pupils do not achieve as well as they could. The next steps focus on making adaptations systematic and ensuring teachers routinely identify and address misconceptions and knowledge gaps.

Strengths

• Pupils generally achieve well in external examinations at the end of key stage 4.
• Disadvantaged pupils make progress in line with similar pupils nationally.
• Pupils with SEND progress well from their starting points.
• Attendance is high because of a methodical and strategic approach.
• The school is typically calm and orderly, and pupils behave with consideration.
• Pupils feel safe, understand that bullying is not tolerated, and trust staff to act.
• The school has a tolerant, diverse and welcoming community that pupils value.
• A comprehensive personal development programme includes relationships, citizenship, safety and British values.
• Pupils benefit from extensive careers education, extracurricular clubs, educational visits and pastoral support.
• The sixth form has improved, with well-informed guidance and effective support for students' next steps.
• Leaders have an accurate evaluation of the school and prioritise the right improvements.
• Trust and governance provide effective support and challenge, and staff are positive about leadership and workload.

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching quality varies, particularly in key stage 3.
• Some teachers do not check pupils' understanding well enough.
• Some teachers do not consistently provide appropriate adaptations to learning for pupils with SEND and other significant needs.
• Pupils' misconceptions and gaps in knowledge can go unchecked, so some pupils do not achieve as well as they might.
• Some pupils have gaps in basic knowledge at key stage 3, although leaders are addressing this.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Stoke Park School attended 91.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 22.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 11.3% of pupils at Stoke Park School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Stoke Park School had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 23.1% of pupils at Stoke Park School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 6 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Stoke Park School received £7,974 and spent £7,824 for each of its 1,086 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,669,000 (£1,537 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of The Futures Trust, income was £7,284 and spending £6,842 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Coventry · Coventry local authority: places and applications

Stoke Park School is part of The Futures Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Barr's Hill School Coventry
• Parkgate Primary School Coventry
• Keresley Grange Primary School Coventry
• Coundon Court Coventry
• President Kennedy School Academy Coventry
• Keresley Newland Primary Academy Coventry
• Camp Hill Primary School Nuneaton
• Redmoor Academy Hinckley
• The Hinckley School Hinckley

What is Stoke Park School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stoke Park School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Stoke Park School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stoke Park School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Stoke Park School have?

Stoke Park School has 1,101 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stoke Park School cover?

Stoke Park School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Stoke Park School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 44.9, and 43% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Stoke Park School?

Stoke Park School is at Dane Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 4JW.