Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy, Wolverhampton

In its own words: "Our School mission is underpinned by the Gospel values of, Respect, Truth, Justice, Peace, Charity and Forgiveness. Within these core values, the Academy begins a journey of ‘Demand more… Inspire curiosity… Secure resilience to failure’ to support families in nurturing children to be young adults of integrity and academic excellence."

In 2026, pupils at Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Wolverhampton and 47 across England.

25% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Wolverhampton and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 40.4.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.34: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.7, against 46.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 176 families put Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy as their first choice and 409 named it as one of their preferences, for 206 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 7 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy are Moreton School (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.9); Central Learning Partnership (0.8 miles); Heath Park (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.1); and Thomas Telford University Technical College (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53.5).

Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy is one of 64 schools run by St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 202 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 45% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 57 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 68% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 16% into work. 6% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

55.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 213 pupils (17.4%) received SEN support and 20 (1.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Wolverhampton Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ruskin Road (opposite), 280 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy issued 105 suspensions, 8.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy are Fallings Park Primary School (0.2 miles), St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy (0.3 miles), Whitgreave Primary School (0.4 miles) and Bushbury Hill Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.