St Edmund Campion Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Birmingham
Sutton Road, Birmingham, B23 5XA
68
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
74%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.1%
24.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,158
Capacity used
Over capacity111%
1,043 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
74%
1st preference success rate
180 of 242 families who put it first got an offer
212
Places offered
840
Total applications
4.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 242 | 180 | ● 74% |
| 2nd preference | 160 | 13 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 127 | 11 | ● 9% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 311 | 8 | ● 3% |
| Total | 840 | 212 | 25% |
1st preference success by year
Birmingham lets families list 6 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Alan Grant
- Address
- Sutton Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 5XA
- Phone
- 01214647700
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward / constituency
- Erdington · Birmingham Erdington
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 147707
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 40% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 34% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST. JOHN PAUL II MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY
1,158 pupils · 1,043 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
15 January 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,059 pupils
Attendance
92.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
24.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 47.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.29 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 46% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.95 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 30.83 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 37.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 62.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 31.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 201 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 27.54 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 3.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 51 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 201 | 13% | 46% | 69% | |
| English Language | 201 | 10% | 47% | 65% | |
| Religious Studies | 199 | 28% | 62% | 74% | |
| English Literature | 199 | 13% | 53% | 71% | |
| Combined Science | 140 | 0% | 28% | 59% | |
| Geography | 129 | 9% | 30% | 47% | |
| History | 71 | 34% | 59% | 70% | |
| Biology | 58 | 31% | 91% | 98% | |
| Physics | 58 | 22% | 83% | 95% | |
| Chemistry | 58 | 28% | 91% | 97% | |
| Spanish | 54 | 15% | 43% | 54% | |
| Business | 44 | 16% | 39% | 45% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government and Politics | 16 | 0% | 6% | 25% | |
| Biology | 15 | 0% | 0% | 33% | |
| English Literature | 14 | 0% | 0% | 14% | |
| Sociology | 12 | 0% | 8% | 33% | |
| Chemistry | 11 | 0% | 9% | 18% | |
| Psychology | 10 | 0% | 0% | 40% | |
| Mathematics | 10 | 0% | 20% | 60% | |
| History | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Religious Studies | 7 | 0% | 29% | 43% | |
| Physics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fine Art | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #147 of 1,030 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 13157: St Edmund Campion Catholic School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 78% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 2% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 78% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Birmingham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.