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St Peter's Catholic School

Secondary · Solihull · B91 3NZ

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 March 2025

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At a glance

1,306 pupils · 104% of 1,253 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
17.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
11.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://www.st-peters.solihull.sch.uk/
URN
148094

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 237 families named it first for 198 Year 7 places, 1.20 first choices per place. We hold 9 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2018 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 18 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.20 first-choice applications per place

198 places offered · 237 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Other Baptised Catholic children
2.62 miles

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

204 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
53.4
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
77.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
59.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.9
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C+
34.3
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school53.4
Median of its 12 closest peers47
Solihull average46.6
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
St Ivo AcademySt Ives · 72 miles awayGood47.1
William de Ferrers SchoolChelmsford · 115 miles awayRequires improvement44.1
Kingsmead SchoolCannock · 22 miles awayStrong standard48.5
Arnold Hill Spencer AcademyNottingham · 50 miles awayGood49.8
The Thomas Adams SchoolShrewsbury · 50 miles awayGood43.4
Huish Episcopi AcademyLANGPORT · 104 miles awayExpected standard50.6
Helena Romanes SchoolGreat Dunmow · 98 miles awayGood46.6
The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports CollegeWoking · 91 miles awayGood48.7
Hodgson AcademyPoulton-Le-Fylde · 111 miles awayGood49.5
Chase Terrace AcademyBurntwood · 20 miles awayGood44.3
Nunthorpe School & Sixth FormMiddlesbrough · 149 miles awayRequires improvement47
Deyes High SchoolLiverpool · 90 miles awayRequires improvement42.8

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 68% (Solihull 62%, England 59%) · Asian Chinese 6% (Solihull 4%, England 1%) · Any other White background 5% (Solihull 3%, England 7%) · Not recorded 3% (Solihull 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Solihull 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Solihull 5%, England 4%) · White Irish 3% (Solihull 0%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Solihull 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Solihull 4%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Solihull 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Solihull 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Solihull 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Solihull 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.87 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Solihull: 14.82 suspensions and 0.30 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

63.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,335; 11.5% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,742
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 12% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 3% (6%) · supplies and services 11% (11%) · educational supplies 3% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£710,000; in-year balance -£513,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
95%
Continuing in education
91%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
59%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
27%
Any sustained destination
92%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher54.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work54.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier66.3%62.3%
Social housing1.4%17.1%
Privately rented32.2%20.5%
Detached houses35.4%22.9%
Flats53.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms38%21.1%
Households with no car or van20.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010192 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£440,000283 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£270,000–£642,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (132)£640,000
Semi-detached (29)£484,000
Terraced (24)£372,500
Flat (98)£245,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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