Exhall Grange Specialist School is a special school in Coventry, United Kingdom with 271 pupils. As of 14 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Teacher of English Language and Literacy – Secondary (Send) (closes 3 December).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Helen Seickell, Headteacher
Type
Special school
Pupils
271 pupils · 28% girls · 34.3% eligible for free school meals · 3.7% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
0 (0.0%) on SEN support · 271 (100.0%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
What We Are Looking For We are looking for candidates with Qualified Teacher Status, a passion for teaching and learning that can be utilised to challenge all pupils, and the…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2025/26 provisional
21.5
8.8%
–
–
2024/25
17.4
8.3%
0%
0%
2023/24
18.6
0.0%
0%
0%
2022/23
–
–
0%
0%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
2 July 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
23 October 2018
Short inspection
Remained Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
34.6
7.8
–
0
£56,875
2024/25
32.4
8.5
9%
0
£53,982
2023/24
35.6
7.8
14%
0
£47,919
2022/23
34.3
7.4
5%
0
£44,664
2021/22
35.9
7.1
15%
0
£45,203
2020/21
24.6
10.4
7%
0
£46,457
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
23.2
10.1
7%
0
£47,997
2018/19
29.4
7.2
6%
0
£39,522
2017/18
30.4
6.8
10%
0
£42,884
2016/17
31.8
6.8
6%
0
£41,975
2015/16
30.8
6.4
17%
0
£41,490
2014/15
28.7
6.7
6%
2
£40,196
2013/14
25.1
7.8
8%
0
£39,784
2012/13
25.0
7.7
29%
0
£40,159
2011/12
23.0
7.5
10%
0
£42,599
2010/11
24.4
6.8
7%
0
£43,143
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
10.9%
0.3%
31.0%
4.8%
2024/25
12.1%
0.2%
34.3%
4.7%
2023/24
13.6%
1.1%
36.0%
8.4%
2022/23
15.8%
0.1%
35.4%
12.2%
2021/22
15.0%
0.0%
42.0%
6.3%
2020/21
28.8%
0.1%
81.5%
12.3%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
9.4%
0.2%
23.0%
3.5%
2017/18
7.7%
0.1%
23.4%
1.2%
2016/17
8.6%
0.0%
24.0%
2.9%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
2 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 2 teaching. Most often advertised: PRIMARY TEACHER (2). Last advertised September 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.