St John Wall Catholic School, Birmingham

From the headteacher's welcome: "As the Headteacher at Saint John Wall Catholic School, it is a great privilege to lead a committed team of staff dedicated to 'educating each and every unique child in our care to hear and respond to what God calls them to be'."

In 2026, pupils at St John Wall Catholic School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

51% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is up from 44.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.82: pupils made well above 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 44, against 57 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 82 families put St John Wall Catholic School as their first choice and 398 named it as one of their preferences, for 120 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St John Wall Catholic School are Holyhead School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.6); Sandwell Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49); King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 46.4); and Hamstead Hall Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.6).

St John Wall Catholic School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 126 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

65% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 74.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (35%), Asian (29%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 68 pupils (11.5%) received SEN support and 9 (1.5%) 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 moderate learning difficulty.

St John Wall Catholic School had 50 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest tram or metro stop is The Hawthorns (West Midlands Metro), about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Leverretts (after), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St John Wall Catholic School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 284 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435).

In 2024/25, St John Wall Catholic School issued 152 suspensions, 24.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to St John Wall Catholic School are St Augustine's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles); St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth (0.5 miles); Rookery School (0.6 miles); and Grestone Academy (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.