St Benedict's Catholic High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Alcester, B49 6PX
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Alcester Academy
Gerard Road, Alcester, B49 6QQ
Local ranking8th of 38 secondary schools in Warwickshire
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
650
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 July 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 118
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 632
- Boys
- 304 (48%)
- Girls
- 332 (52%)
- Capacity
- 650 (98% full)
- SEND
- 17.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.0%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 13.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,728/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
- 6.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.7%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- White Irish: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.2%
- Black Caribbean: 0.2%
92.7%
White British
3.5%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Gerard Road
Alcester, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137172
- UKPRN
- 10034868
- Establishment No.
- 4240
- Trust
- ALCESTER ACADEMY
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