Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Cardinal Wiseman 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 | Not published |
| 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
- Year 7 2026 saw 158 first-choice applications for 160 offers; 141 offers went to first-choice families and 17 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place.
- At 1.0 first choices per offer, Year 7 2026 demand was the 32nd highest of 79 Birmingham secondary schools; 19 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 49% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 47 (England 46).
- Ofsted's inspection on 14 April 2026 gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Good, on 21 September 2016.
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
- Old Oscott Hill, Kingstanding, Birmingham, B44 9SR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 788 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils here attend an inclusive school that sits firmly at the heart of its community.”
- “Leaders have set high expectations and aspirations for all pupils.”
- “Pupils flourish here and the school routinely improves their life chances.”
To improve
- “While all pupils achieve very well, leaders' expectations that all perform above national averages are not fully realised.”
- “While this practice is embedded, it has not led to above national outcomes for all groups of pupils, particularly those with high prior attainment.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 2026 (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) | 49% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47 | 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: 158 first-preference applications, 160 offers in total, 141 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.
- Fortis Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Arena Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- E-ACT North Birmingham Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Prince Albert High School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Eden Boys' School, Birmingham 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stockland Green School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broadway Academy 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls 2.5 mi Good Last distance published