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Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,152Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 146124URN

Victoria Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 7XY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected May 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.1per place
1.1 below Birmingham median (4.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

645 applications for 206 places · 72nd of 83 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.9of 90
60th of 88 in Birmingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 12 May 2026Published 14 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionUrgent improvement
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
  • 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. 12 May 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention, 3 Urgent improvement
  2. 5 October 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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
3.1applications per place, Year 7
1.1 below Birmingham median (4.2) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

645 applications · 206 places offered · 174 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.1; Birmingham median median 4.2
  2. 2025 3.5; Birmingham median median 4.3
  3. 2024 3.5; Birmingham median median 4.0
  4. 2023 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.1
  5. 2022 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.5
  6. 2021 3.5; Birmingham median median 4.3
  7. 2020 4.0; Birmingham median median 4.8
  8. 2019 4.2; Birmingham median median 4.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 3.9; Birmingham median median 4.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 3.5; Birmingham median median 4.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.8; Birmingham median median 3.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.7; Birmingham median median 3.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.8; Birmingham median median 3.5; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 0 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Birmingham median

Dashed bars: as Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School (URN 103541), 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 20262066453.11740.84
Sep 20252107283.51980.94
Sep 20242107283.51840.88
Sep 20232107683.71700.81
Sep 20222107813.72151.02
Sep 20212107443.51680.80
Sep 20202108404.02020.96
Sep 2019 *2028394.21690.84
Sep 2018 *2088063.91800.87
Sep 2017 *2117293.51870.89
Sep 2016 *2105862.81730.82
Sep 2015 *2065512.71320.64
Sep 2014 *2055722.81690.82

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

204 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.960th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%61st of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.13
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20441.936%58%–
2024/2520641.734%56%–
2023/2420744.736%61%−0.13
2022/2320741.830%52%−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

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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
146124 · 330/4804
Trust
St Teresa of Calcutta Multi Academy Company
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,190 pupils · 1,152 on roll
Free school meals
48.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 May 2019
Replaced
Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School (URN 103541)
Address
Victoria Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 7XY
Local authority
Birmingham

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