George Eliot Academy, Nuneaton

In 2026, pupils at George Eliot Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50 in Warwickshire and 47 across England.

55% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Warwickshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 45.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.05: pupils made about 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 42.2, against 55.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 90 families put George Eliot Academy as their first choice and 259 named it as one of their preferences, for 100 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to George Eliot Academy are St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.9); Etone College (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.2); Higham Lane School (1.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51); and Nuneaton Academy (1.9 miles, Attainment 8 41.8).

George Eliot Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

George Eliot Academy is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

292 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about George Eliot Academy (as of April 2026): 85% would recommend the school, 81% say their child is happy there and 65% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (87%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (65%).

Of the 155 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 77% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 39% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

34.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 155 pupils (19%) received SEN support and 18 (2.2%) 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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Bermuda Park Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is George Eliot School (adjacent), 50 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 176 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Warwickshire (88), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, George Eliot Academy issued 137 suspensions, 16.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to George Eliot Academy are All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton (0.3 miles); Wembrook Primary School (0.5 miles); Middlemarch School (0.6 miles); and Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.