Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Voluntary aided school
St John Wall Catholic School
- Pupils on roll
- 591of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 65.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 127
- Ofsted
- Good, 20 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
St John Wall Catholic School has no sixth form. Of the 121 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 2% moved to a sixth form college, 58% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 92% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.7 against 46.1 across England and 46.6 in Birmingham, with 39% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 1% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Birmingham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St John Wall Catholic School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 121 | 14,526 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 29% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | 13% | 13% |
| — further education college | 58% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | St John Wall Catholic School | Birmingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.7 | 46.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 17% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.64 | 4.15 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 51% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 39.9 | 40.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.7 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 49% | 39% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 124 | 98% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 66% |
| English Language | 124 | 98% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 69% |
| Religious Studies | 117 | 92% | 31% | 41% | 32% | 85% |
| English Literature | 117 | 92% | 86% | 22% | 21% | 74% |
| Combined Science | 96 | 76% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 55% |
| History | 73 | 57% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 70% |
| Geography | 43 | 34% | 41% | 12% | 25% | 49% |
| Biology | 30 | 24% | 23% | 23% | 45% | 97% |
| Chemistry | 23 | 18% | 23% | 30% | 47% | 83% |
| Physics | 22 | 17% | 23% | 36% | 46% | 86% |
| Fine Art | 19 | 15% | 9% | 16% | 28% | 79% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 12% | 13% | 27% | 30% | 73% |
| Physical Education | 15 | 12% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 53% |
| French | 13 | 10% | 18% | 23% | 29% | 46% |
| Spanish | 7 | 6% | 19% | 43% | 27% | 86% |
| Italian | 7 | 6% | 0% | 71% | 53% | 86% |
| Polish | 4 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Punjabi | 4 | 3% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 1 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Business Studies | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
| Bengali | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 35% | — |
| Photography | 1 | 1% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 37 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 18 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 15 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 15 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 14 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Birmingham
Arena Academy
Academy sponsor led · 969 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
Ark Boulton Academy
Academy sponsor led · 877 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Ark Kings Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 739 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.5
Ark St Alban's Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 797 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Ark Victoria Academy
Free schools · 1,519 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.