John Henry Newman Catholic College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 11 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Solihull
Unique reference
136347
Address
Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, B37 5GA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1306 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
46.1%
Girls
53.9%
First language not English
16.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.4%
Persistent absence
32.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 60.4%
Mixed 13.9%
African 6.2%
Other White 6%
Other Asian 4.5%
Caribbean 2.6%
Indian 1.9%
Pakistani 1.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Irish 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.8
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.79
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award64
Health StudiesTechnical Award29
MultimediaTechnical Award20
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE27
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

John Henry Newman Catholic College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
237
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
333
2nd preference
198
3rd preference
133
From another Local Authority
470
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
227
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
116
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
105
135
Year 8
236
109
127
Year 9
237
121
116
Year 10
237
109
128
Year 11
215
100
115
Year 12
67
31
36
Year 13
74
27
47
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
85.0%
85.6%
Further education
34.0%
36.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
41.0%
32.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
8.0%
15.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
6.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
68.0%
65.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
23.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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