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Voluntary aided school · Walsall

St Francis of Assisi Catholic College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,109Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 104255URN

Erdington Road, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 0RN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.8per place
1.4 above Walsall median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WalsallSelective

712 applications for 188 places · 4th of 18 in Walsall
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
53.0of 90
3rd of 19 in Walsall
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 17 March 2026Published 13 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
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. 17 March 2026
    Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
  2. 27 January 2022
    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
3.8applications per place, Year 7
1.4 above Walsall median (2.4) 1.6 above England median (2.2)

712 applications · 188 places offered · 235 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.8; Walsall median median 2.4
  2. 2025 3.8; Walsall median median 2.6
  3. 2024 3.3; Walsall median median 2.5
  4. 2023 3.1; Walsall median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.9; Walsall median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.7; Walsall median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.9; Walsall median median 2.5
  8. 2019 2.6; Walsall median median 2.5
  9. 2018 2.2; Walsall median median 2.3
  10. 2017 2.5; Walsall median median 2.4
  11. 2016 2.0; Walsall median median 2.1
  12. 2015 2.3; Walsall median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.8; Walsall median median 2.2
  • This school
  • Walsall 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 20261887123.82351.25
Sep 20251746543.82141.23
Sep 20241916303.32081.09
Sep 20231915993.11911.00
Sep 20221845352.91810.98
Sep 20211764752.71370.78
Sep 20201865412.91640.88
Sep 20191764482.61530.87
Sep 20181803982.21470.82
Sep 20171794462.51891.06
Sep 20161783642.01660.93
Sep 20151744012.31981.14
Sep 20141763101.81490.85

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

178 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)53.03rd of 19 in Walsall
Grade 5 or above in English and maths56%4th of 19 in Walsall
Grade 4 or above in English and maths78%
  • This school
  • Walsall median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.10
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17853.056%78%–
2024/2517953.259%80%–
2023/2420550.453%77%+0.10
2022/2316749.752%74%−0.08

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
104255 · 335/4606
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,100 pupils · 1,109 on roll
Free school meals
26.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Erdington Road, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 0RN
Local authority
Walsall

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