Bishop Milner Catholic College

Academy converter·Secondary school Dudley·DY1 3BY
Composite score
57.4
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#1,557
National rank
#145
In West Midlands
#8
In Dudley
Top 49%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
40%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
62%
% EBacc grade 5+
10%
EBacc average points score
3.83

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
61%
228 first choices, 145 places
First choices per place
1.57
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
511
any preference, for 145 places
Last place offered lived
0.45 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 720 m
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
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1 per place
1.7820221.7120231.9120241.6620251.572026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
837
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
22.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,903
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
89%
150 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
86%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Bishop Milner Catholic College

Bishop Milner Catholic College is a secondary school in Dudley, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 837 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 45.9, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 0.9 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

40% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 62% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 61% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (228 first choices for 145 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.45 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. After Year 11, 89% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 16.3 pupils per teacher. Bishop Milner Catholic College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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 above.

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