St Edmund Campion Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
No rating
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
Birmingham
Unique reference
147707
Address
Sutton Road, Erdington, B23 5XA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1151 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
34.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.4%
Persistent absence
23.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 30.9%
African 17.2%
Other White 13.3%
Mixed 11.8%
Pakistani 7.5%
Indian 4.7%
Caribbean 4.4%
Other 3%
Other Black 2.5%
Unclassified 2.5%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Other Asian 0.7%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 48%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.5
Local authority average 46.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.88
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award36
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award20
Health StudiesTechnical Award35
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award27
Sports StudiesTechnical Award16
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE7
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE23
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE58
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Edmund Campion Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
212
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
242
2nd preference
160
3rd preference
127
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
180
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
215
106
109
Year 8
199
110
89
Year 9
200
92
108
Year 10
198
106
92
Year 11
201
91
110
Year 12
78
34
44
Year 13
58
24
34
Year 14
2
0
2
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
87.1%
85.5%
Further education
49.0%
39.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
38.0%
34.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
12.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
4.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
69.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
34.0%
28.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.2%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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