St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · 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 Thomas Aquinas Catholic School is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 May 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas Aquinas 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
- Year 7 2026 had 176 first-choice applications for 209 offers; 167 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In Year 7 2026, 42 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 49.9 (England 46).
- In 2024/25, the average A level grade was C+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was average.
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
- Wychall Lane, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 8AP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 May 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s motto ‘committed learners, exceptional people’ permeates everything that happens here.”
- “This inclusive school has unapologetically high ambitions for every pupil, including disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “All adults want pupils to be the best they can be.”
To improve
- “Consequently, not all pupils in Year 9 study the full range of subjects that they might.”
- “This means that for a few pupils, the school’s very high ambitions are not always realised.”
- “In the recent past, students did not achieve as well as they could have.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2024 (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) | 50% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 176 first-preference applications, 209 offers in total, 167 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.
- King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kings Norton Girls' School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls 1.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Turves Green Boys' School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The University of Birmingham School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- E-ACT Shenley Academy 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Selly Park Girls' School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published