John Henry Newman Catholic College is a secondary school located in Birmingham. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 10/11/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.9%, which is 1.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Chelmsley Road, Birmingham, B37 5GA
Website: http://johnhenrynewmancatholiccollege.org.uk/
Telephone: 01217705331
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Solihull
Headteacher / Principal: Brendan McGurran
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136347

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 10/11/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1200
Number of Pupils: 1343
Number of Boys: 658
Number of Girls: 685

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.15 Confidence interval -0.33 to 0.03
Of the 199 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 196 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:26%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:90%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:42%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.78
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Fordbridge Community Primary School
Crabtree Drive , Chelmsley Wood B37 5BU
3out of 4 319 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Anne's Catholic Primary School
Bosworth Drive , Chelmsley Wood B37 5DP
- not rated 627 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School
Fordbridge Road , Kingshurst B37 6LW
- not rated 844 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Yorkswood Primary School
Kingshurst Way , Kingshurst B37 6DF
2out of 4 1,000 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
The Shirestone Academy
Shirestone Road , Tile Cross B33 0DH
4out of 4 1,276 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
John Henry Newman Catholic College
Chelmsley Road , Chelmsley Wood B37 5GA
3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst
Cooks Lane , Solihull B37 6NU
1out of 4 353 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull)
Chelmsley Road , Chelmsley Wood B37 5FD
3out of 4 778 yd University technical college No Mixed More About School
Grace Academy Solihull
Chapelhouse Road , Chelmsey Wood B37 5JS
3out of 4 1,117 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Tile Cross Academy
Gressel Lane , Tile Cross B33 9UF
1out of 4 1,305 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Centre for Accelerated Learning
Sheldon Hall Avenue , Tile Cross B33 0HA
- not rated 1,175 yd Miscellaneous Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Leycroft Academy
Gressel Lane , B33 9UF
- not rated 1,324 yd Academy special converter No Mixed More About School
Forest Oak School
Windward Way , Smith's Wood B36 0UE
4out of 4 1,711 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Merstone School
Windward Way , Smith's Wood B36 0UE
4out of 4 1,711 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
SILVER BIRCH SCHOOL
170 PACKINGTON AVENUE , SHARD END B34 7RD
- not rated 1,932 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.