Bishop Milner Catholic College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Dudley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.45 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bishop Milner Catholic College is a secondary school in Dudley for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Bishop Milner Catholic College 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 | 0.45 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance offered was 0.45 miles, shortest of 10 Dudley secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.79 miles).
- Year 7 last distances have swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 228 first-choice applications for 145 offers; 140 went to first-choice families, and 88 first-choice families (39%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 40% 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 Dudley.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dudley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bishop Milner Catholic College, Burton Road, Dudley, DY1 3BY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 798 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Bishop Milner Catholic College leaders and pupils share the same high aspirations.”
- “Pupils understand and follow the values to ‘inspire hearts and minds’.”
- “Relationships between pupils and staff are warm and respectful.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not check what pupils remember consistently enough.”
- “Some pupils do not remember the key knowledge sufficiently well.”
- “Pupils then struggle to build on their previous learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 October 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) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | B- |
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: 228 first-preference applications, 145 offers in total, 140 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 Dudley.
- St James Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Beacon Hill Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Pegasus Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ellowes Hall Sports College 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Dormston School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Link Academy 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Crestwood School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingswinford Academy 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published