St Edmund Campion Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted 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
1133 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
33.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
44%
Persistent absence
25.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 31%
African 16.9%
Other White 12.9%
Mixed 11.7%
Pakistani 7.4%
Caribbean 4.8%
Indian 4.2%
Other 3%
Other Black 2.7%
Unclassified 2.6%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.5
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.29
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award66
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award8
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award19
Health StudiesTechnical Award36
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award16
Sports StudiesTechnical Award21
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE23
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE9
BiologyGCSE63
ChemistryGCSE61
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Edmund Campion Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
215
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
241
2nd preference
145
3rd preference
102
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
182
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
201
111
90
Year 8
199
97
102
Year 9
199
103
96
Year 10
200
89
111
Year 11
201
94
107
Year 12
64
27
37
Year 13
69
34
35
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
87.1%
85.6%
Further education
47.0%
38.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
39.0%
34.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
13.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.1%
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
79.0%
75.6%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
33.0%
36.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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