St John Wall Catholic School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John Wall Catholic School is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
St John Wall Catholic School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 65% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham is 51.8%.
- The 2026 Year 7 entry had 82 first-choice applications for 120 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 12.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.6 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
- 2024/25: 39% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Oxhill Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 8HH
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 591 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 65% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils blossom at this unique and caring school.”
- “Staff and pupils live and breathe the school values.”
- “Leaders expect pupils to work hard and strive academically.”
To improve
- “However, in a few instances, leaders have not ensured that teachers know precisely how new knowledge draws on what pupils have learned before.”
- “However, many pupils do not continue to learn both a humanity subject and a modern foreign language beyond Year 8.”
- “This means that not enough pupils currently go on to gain the qualifications that make up the EBacc.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.7 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 82 first-preference applications, 120 offers in total, 82 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Holyhead School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hamstead Hall Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Handsworth School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Nishkam High School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holte School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Boys' School, Birmingham 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published