St Peter's Catholic School

Academy converter·Secondary school Solihull·B91 3NZ
Composite score
66.8
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#580
National rank
#44
In West Midlands
#4
In Solihull
Top 18%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
53.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
59%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
78%
% EBacc grade 5+
28%
EBacc average points score
4.91

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
79%
237 first choices, 198 places
First choices per place
1.20
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
798
any preference, for 198 places
Last place offered lived
2.62 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 4216 m
Applications from another council area
34%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520220.8520231.0220241.1020251.202026

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
1,311
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
11.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,742
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
95%
209 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About St Peter's Catholic School

St Peter's Catholic School is a secondary school in Solihull, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 1,311 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 53.4, above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 0.8 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 18% of secondary schools in England.

59% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 78% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 79% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (237 first choices for 198 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 2.62 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 15.2 pupils per teacher. St Peter's Catholic School 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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