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Voluntary aided school · Birmingham

Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 788Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 103539URN

Old Oscott Hill, Kingstanding, Birmingham, B44 9SR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.7per place
0.6 below Birmingham median (4.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

584 applications for 160 places · 55th of 83 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.0of 90
35th of 88 in Birmingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 April 2026Published 20 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 14 April 2026
    Report card · 5 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
  2. 7 October 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.7applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Birmingham median (4.2) 1.4 above England median (2.2)

584 applications · 160 places offered · 158 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.2
  2. 2025 3.9; Birmingham median median 4.3
  3. 2024 4.1; Birmingham median median 4.0
  4. 2023 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.1
  5. 2022 4.2; Birmingham median median 4.5
  6. 2021 3.5; Birmingham median median 4.3
  7. 2020 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.8
  8. 2019 3.8; Birmingham median median 4.8
  9. 2018 4.0; Birmingham median median 4.6
  10. 2017 2.9; Birmingham median median 4.5
  11. 2016 2.6; Birmingham median median 3.8
  12. 2015 2.0; Birmingham median median 3.6
  13. 2014 2.6; Birmingham median median 3.5
More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Birmingham median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261605843.71580.99
Sep 20251596123.91681.06
Sep 20241606514.11681.05
Sep 20231605943.71611.01
Sep 20221506234.21641.09
Sep 20211515273.51350.89
Sep 20201475443.71511.03
Sep 20191435373.81250.87
Sep 20181204824.01301.08
Sep 20171203452.9810.68
Sep 20161072792.6730.68
Sep 20151232502.0650.53
Sep 2014932442.6620.67

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

142 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.035th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths44%49th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths66%
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.27
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14248.044%66%–
2024/2514947.049%69%–
2023/2414046.946%65%+0.27
2022/2314244.032%59%+0.18

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
103539 · 330/4801
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
645 pupils · 788 on roll
Free school meals
46.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Old Oscott Hill, Kingstanding, Birmingham, B44 9SR
Local authority
Birmingham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources