Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 14 April 2026
Compared with the local authority and England
Attainment 8 scores a pupil's best 8 GCSE results, out of about 90. Progress 8 compares those results with pupils who started secondary school at the same level: 0 is average.
| Measure | School | Coventry | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 46.6 | 44.0 | 46.1 |
Grade 4 is a standard pass; grade 5 is a strong pass.
| Measure | School | Coventry | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 61% | 65% |
| 5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4, including English and maths | 62% | 56% | 60% |
The EBacc is English, maths, science, a language, and history or geography. It is a set of subjects rather than a qualification.
| Measure | School | Coventry | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering the EBacc | 25% | 32% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
Based on 231 pupils at the end of key stage 4.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted inspected Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School on 14 April 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Expected standard for achievement, for inclusion, for leadership and governance, for personal development and wellbeing and for attendance and behaviour; Needs attention for curriculum and teaching and for post-16 provision.
Apply through the council where you live by 31 October in your child's Year 6, for a place starting the following September. You apply to your home council even if Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School is in another council's area, and can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference. Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day. As a Roman Catholic school it may also ask for a supplementary form, and its admissions policy says whether it does.
No. Distance only counts when Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. As a Roman Catholic school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School had 1,439 pupils aged 11 to 18 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 1,416. It is a mixed school with a sixth form.