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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 2 May 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 7 November 2018Graded 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 entry823 applications · 209 places offered · 176 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.9; Birmingham median median 4.2
- 2025 3.8; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2024 3.9; Birmingham median median 4.0
- 2023 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.1
- 2022 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2021 3.9; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2020 4.5; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2019 3.5; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2018 3.9; Birmingham median median 4.6
- 2017 3.3; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2016 2.9; Birmingham median median 3.8
- 2015 2.7; Birmingham median median 3.6; as the previous school
- 2014 3.2; Birmingham median median 3.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Birmingham median
Dashed bars: as St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School (URN 103533), the previous school.
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 | 209 | 823 | 3.9 | 176 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2025 | 205 | 770 | 3.8 | 156 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2024 | 210 | 817 | 3.9 | 206 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 210 | 776 | 3.7 | 170 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2022 | 201 | 736 | 3.7 | 129 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2021 | 174 | 675 | 3.9 | 111 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2020 | 183 | 824 | 4.5 | 141 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2019 | 204 | 715 | 3.5 | 124 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2018 | 184 | 709 | 3.9 | 123 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2017 | 209 | 694 | 3.3 | 146 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2016 | 210 | 612 | 2.9 | 154 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2015 * | 210 | 575 | 2.7 | 142 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2014 * | 210 | 666 | 3.2 | 177 | 0.84 |
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.) | 190 | 50.9 | 54% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 190 | 49.9 | 50% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 200 | 52.2 | 56% | 73% | +0.60 |
| 2022/23 | 207 | 48.0 | 47% | 72% | +0.17 |
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
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20243.9applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · BirminghamGood20234.1applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20255.5applications per place 51.4Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · BirminghamRequires improvement202416.0applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · BirminghamGood20243.1applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · BirminghamSome aspects not as strong20243.2applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · BirminghamGood20238.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · BirminghamGood20242.6applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · BirminghamRemains Good202310.8applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141835 · 330/4616
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,239 pupils · 1,193 on roll
- Free school meals
- 48.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2015
- Replaced
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School (URN 103533)
- Address
- Wychall Lane, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 8AP
- Local authority
- Birmingham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources