Bishop Challoner Catholic College
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C63
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Birmingham, B14 7EG
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Wheelers Lane Technology College
Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0SF
Local ranking16th of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
650
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Boys
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 11 February 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 131
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 664
- Boys
- 672 (100%)
- Capacity
- 650 (103% full)
- SEND
- 25.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.4%
- EAL
- 36.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 22.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,547/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 32.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 31.6%
- Other: 6.7%
- Asian Indian: 6.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.8%
- White Other: 2.9%
- Asian Chinese: 2.6%
- Black African: 2.6%
32.5%
White British
31.6%
Asian Pakistani
6.7%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Wheelers Lane
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 103501
- UKPRN
- 10015715
- Establishment No.
- 4193
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