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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 8 January 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 19 April 2016Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry1,220 applications · 169 places offered · 177 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 7.2; Birmingham median median 4.2
- 2025 7.2; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2024 7.4; Birmingham median median 4.0
- 2023 7.7; Birmingham median median 4.1
- 2022 7.2; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2021 7.3; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2020 7.0; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2019 8.0; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2018 7.7; Birmingham median median 4.6
- 2017 7.0; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2016 5.6; Birmingham median median 3.8
- 2015 5.0; Birmingham median median 3.6
- 2014 5.1; Birmingham median median 3.5
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 169 | 1,220 | 7.2 | 177 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2025 | 170 | 1,221 | 7.2 | 176 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2024 | 169 | 1,258 | 7.4 | 192 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2023 | 169 | 1,295 | 7.7 | 191 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 | 171 | 1,223 | 7.2 | 192 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2021 | 170 | 1,235 | 7.3 | 201 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2020 | 170 | 1,181 | 7.0 | 203 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2019 | 146 | 1,166 | 8.0 | 192 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2018 | 149 | 1,140 | 7.7 | 210 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2017 | 150 | 1,043 | 7.0 | 198 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2016 | 149 | 827 | 5.6 | 178 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2015 | 165 | 820 | 5.0 | 186 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 | 150 | 763 | 5.1 | 180 | 1.20 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 170 | 54.8 | 58% | 83% | – |
| 2024/25 | 172 | 56.0 | 65% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 157 | 54.9 | 62% | 87% | +0.41 |
| 2022/23 | 158 | 52.3 | 60% | 80% | +0.20 |
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
- Bishop Walsh Catholic SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20257.2applications per place 54.8Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20256.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · BirminghamGood20226.1applications per place 80.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.8 km · BirminghamGood20236.9applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · BirminghamGood20245.5applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20253.6applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · BirminghamOutstanding20245.6applications per place 79.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.6 km · Birmingham20262.2applications per place 34.8Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · BirminghamGood20234.2applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140524 · 330/4661
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,000 pupils · 1,076 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2014
- Replaced
- Bishop Walsh Catholic School (URN 103536)
- Address
- Wylde Green Road, Sutton Coldfield, B76 1QT
- Local authority
- Birmingham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources