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St Benedict's Catholic High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 455Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 143634URN

Kinwarton Road, Alcester, B49 6PX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.3 below Warwickshire median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WarwickshireSelective

184 applications for 82 places · 23rd of 39 in Warwickshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.5of 90
34th of 37 in Warwickshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 12 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Warwickshire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

184 applications · 82 places offered · 58 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.2; Warwickshire median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.9; Warwickshire median median 2.5
  3. 2024 1.6; Warwickshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.7; Warwickshire median median 2.5
  5. 2022 1.4; Warwickshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.0; Warwickshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.7; Warwickshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.9; Warwickshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.6; Warwickshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.6; Warwickshire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.0; Warwickshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.0; Warwickshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; Warwickshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Warwickshire median in 0 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Warwickshire median

Dashed bars: as St Benedict's Catholic High School (URN 125755), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026821842.2580.71
Sep 20251112111.9630.57
Sep 20241101731.6430.39
Sep 20231091851.7520.48
Sep 20221211701.4640.53
Sep 2021771552.0390.51
Sep 20201282171.7910.71
Sep 20191552871.91320.85
Sep 20181382181.61040.75
Sep 20171412241.61220.87
Sep 2016 *1372782.01461.07
Sep 2015 *1362742.01501.10
Sep 2014 *1372121.61240.91

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

48 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.534th of 37 in Warwickshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths33%35th of 37 in Warwickshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths52%
  • This school
  • Warwickshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.33
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)4840.533%52%–
2024/2510746.048%65%–
2023/2410949.349%74%+0.33
2022/2310946.439%63%+0.09

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

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  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
143634 · 937/4730
Trust
St Raphael the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
798 pupils · 455 on roll
Free school meals
32.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2017
Replaced
St Benedict's Catholic High School (URN 125755)
Address
Kinwarton Road, Alcester, B49 6PX
Local authority
Warwickshire · Stratford-on-Avon

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