St Mary Competitors

Coventry University is a global, modern university with a mission of Creating Better Futures. We were founded by entrepreneurs and industrialists in 1843 as the Coventry School of Design and we continue to have strong links with the public and private sector, providing job-ready graduates with the skills and creative thinking to improve their communities. With a proud tradition of innovative teaching and learning, Coventry University has world-class campus facilities, the UK’s first standalone 5G network and a digital community of learning. Our students are part of a global network that has 50,000 learners studying Coventry University degrees in more than 40 different countries and partnerships with 150 higher education providers worldwide. We have greatly increased our research capacity and ability with a focus on impactful research, delivered for and with partners, to address real-world challenges and support business and communities to develop and grow. Over two centuries, we have flourished in Coventry and Coventry University Group now also delivers access to our range of high-quality services and partnerships through bases in London, Scarborough, Belgium, Poland, Egypt, Dubai, Singapore and Africa. In recent years, we have won many awards and vastly improved our rankings in the league tables that matter to students. We were ranked top 30 in the world for the ratio of our international students in the QS World University Rankings 2022, were shortlisted for University of the Year in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021, and were named Joint first Modern University for Careers Prospects in the Guardian University Guide 2022

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At Finham Park School we strive to inspire students through the delivery of an innovative “World Class” education. Our school is a beacon of excellence for the community where everyone feels safe, valued, included and proud. We nurture every learner’s natural curiosity, providing them with life enriching opportunities to develop socially, academically and morally. We ensure that students are given opportunities to develop in the ‘5 Finham Values’ that we hold most dear - courageousness, perseverance, integrity, humility and kindness. These are key features of life here. Learners develop confidence, resilience, respect for others and a life-long love of learning, making them valued members of the Coventry community and contributors to both the national and international stages. Finham Park School is a ‘Teaching School’. This licenses us to provide quality teacher training across the region whilst also providing coherent school-to-school support. We are able to draw on expertise from across the schools within our alliance which underpins our commitment to make all teachers ever better practitioners through action-based research. We seek to provide an innovative learning environment for all our staff, students, parents and wider community; an environment that enables our young people to not only have the ‘time of their lives’ but to also leave well equipped for life and the world of work.