John Henry Newman Catholic College
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Birmingham, B37 5GA
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Grace Academy Solihull
Chapelhouse Road, Chelmsey Wood, Birmingham, B37 5JS
Local ranking12th of 15 secondary schools in Solihull
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 30 July 2026
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 18.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 147
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 65.0%
- Higher education
- 35.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 23.0%
- Not sustained
- 32.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
26
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 52
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 874
- Boys
- 393 (45%)
- Girls
- 481 (55%)
- Capacity
- 1100 (79% full)
- SEND
- 27.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 50.0%
- EAL
- 3.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 24.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,443/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 36.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 78.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 10.1%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Asian Chinese: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
78.0%
White British
10.1%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
1.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Chapelhouse Road
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 129342
- UKPRN
- 10017934
- Establishment No.
- 6905
- Trust
- TOVE LEARNING TRUST
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