St John Wall Catholic School

School overview

St John Wall Catholic School is a secondary school serving Birmingham, Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 620 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St John Wall Catholic School 'Good'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 44.7, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 3.8 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

39% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 61% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 60% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.