Secondary
Bishop Walsh Catholic School
Wylde Green Road, Sutton Coldfield, B76 1QT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1076 of 1000 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ST. JOHN PAUL II MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Birmingham
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 73.0
- Pupils per adult
- 14.4
- Pupils
- 1,050
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
65%
2 points above the Sutton Coldfield average (63% across 8 schools)
56.0
0.3 below the Sutton Coldfield average (56.3 across 8 schools)
3rd of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in Sutton Coldfield we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 56 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.66 |
| Entered the EBacc | 23% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 65% |
| A level average points per entry | 30.53 |
| A level students | 112 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 62% |
| 22/23 | 60% |
| 23/24 | 62% |
| 24/25 | 65% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.4 |
| 22/23 | 30.8 |
| 23/24 | 31.7 |
| 24/25 | 30.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.09 |
| 22/23 | +0.20 |
| 23/24 | +0.41 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 56.9 |
| 22/23 | 52.3 |
| 23/24 | 54.9 |
| 24/25 | 56.0 |
Wylde Green Road, Sutton Coldfield, B76 1QT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Birmingham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Natalie Brodie
- Address
- Wylde Green Road, Sutton Coldfield, B76 1QT
- Telephone
- 01213513215