Eden Girls' School, Coventry, Coventry

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Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, basketball, drama, coding, Lego, cooking, art, debating and homework club.

In 2026, pupils at Eden Girls' School, Coventry averaged an Attainment 8 score of 65.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.5 in Coventry and 47 across England.

81% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Coventry and 47% in England.

That is up from 62.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.52: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 63.5, against 66.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 2.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and French.

For September 2026 entry, 175 families put Eden Girls' School, Coventry as their first choice and 290 named it as one of their preferences, for 150 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 40 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Eden Girls' School, Coventry are Sidney Stringer Academy (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.3); Barr's Hill School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 44.9); Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.2); and Stoke Park School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.9).

Eden Girls' School, Coventry's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Eden Girls' School, Coventry is one of 36 schools run by Star Academies, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.6 in 2024/25.

Of the 120 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 10% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

39.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 68.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (59%), Black (20%) and other ethnic groups (10%).

In 2026, 70 pupils (11.7%) received SEN support and 17 (2.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Coventry Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Coventry College (adjacent), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Eden Girls' School, Coventry stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 1099 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Coventry (253), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Eden Girls' School, Coventry issued 6 suspensions, 1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Eden Girls' School, Coventry are Sidney Stringer Primary Academy (0.1 miles), John Gulson Primary School (0.2 miles), St Mary and St Benedict Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles) and Southfields Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.