Special school in Coventry
Tiverton School
Ashington Grove, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 4DE
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 14 September 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Exam results
Special schools serve pupils whose needs the standard measures were not designed to describe, so results are not shown or ranked here.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 136
- Places
- 136
- How full
- Full — 136 pupils against 136 places
- Girls / boys
- 35 / 101
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistently absent
- 19%
England 5.8%
England 14.7% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 34%
- English as an additional language
- 39%
- With an EHC plan
- 100%
- On SEN support
- 0%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Coventry 038F, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 32%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 18%
- Households owning their home
- 73%
- Households in social housing
- 6%
- Households with no car
- 17%
- Adults economically inactive
- 37%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Community special school
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- Ages 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Alison Neale
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Ward
- Cheylesmore
- Constituency
- Coventry South
- URN
- 103763
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest special schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park ViewOther independent special school | No grade | — | 1.3 mi |
| WoodfieldCommunity special school | Good 2023 | — | 2.8 mi |
| Sherbourne Fields SchoolCommunity special school | Outstanding 2024 | — | 3.6 mi |
| Castle Wood Special SchoolCommunity special school | Requires improvement 2024 | — | 3.6 mi |
| The Haven School WolstonOther independent special school | No grade | — | 3.6 mi |
| Exhall Grange Specialist SchoolCommunity special school | Good 2024 | — | 4.9 mi |
| Ashcroft SchoolOther independent special school | No grade | — | 5.7 mi |
| Mill House SchoolOther independent special school | No grade | — | 8 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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