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John Henry Newman Catholic College

  • Secondary
  • Academy sponsor led
  • Ages 11 to 18
  • Roman Catholic

URN 136347 · Solihull · OUR LADY AND ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY

In Solihull

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest report card inspection

3 March 2026
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met

Full inspection (section 5)

Report cards, used from 10 November 2025, grade each area on a five-point scale and give no overall grade. Safeguarding is met or not met.

Earlier inspection, different framework

Earlier graded inspection

8 November 2016

Overall effectiveness
Good

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against Solihull and England, secondary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

9.9%

Solihull
8.5%
England
8.4%

1.5 percentage points higher than England.

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Overall absence
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2017/186.0%5.7%5.5%
2018/195.9%5.5%5.5%
2020/216.0%5.9%5.5%
2021/229.5%9.3%9.0%
2022/239.7%9.5%9.0%
2023/249.4%9.1%8.9%
2024/259.9%8.5%8.4%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

28.1%

Solihull
23.2%
England
23.4%

4.7 percentage points higher than England.

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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2017/1815.9%13.8%13.9%
2018/1915.5%12.9%13.7%
2020/2116.9%15.5%14.8%
2021/2233.2%29.3%27.7%
2022/2332.4%28.5%26.5%
2023/2430.2%26.1%25.6%
2024/2528.1%23.2%23.4%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

4.8%

Solihull
3.7%
England
3.9%

0.9 percentage points higher than England.

1.43.04.62017/182024/25
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Severe absence
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2017/181.4%1.3%1.2%
2018/191.2%1.4%1.3%
2020/211.4%1.5%1.5%
2021/222.2%2.6%2.7%
2022/232.5%3.5%3.4%
2023/243.3%3.8%3.8%
2024/254.8%3.7%3.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Solihull and England, secondary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

22.14

Solihull
14.82
England
21.24

0.90 higher than England.

7.819.631.52017/182024/25
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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2017/1810.149.7910.13
2018/199.848.2210.75
2019/2010.265.957.43
2020/2121.306.768.48
2021/2227.9611.9913.96
2022/2333.2816.5018.90
2023/2429.1015.0422.61
2024/2522.1414.8221.24

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.38

Solihull
0.30
England
0.23

0.15 higher than England.

0.10.40.72017/182024/25
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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2017/180.560.300.20
2018/190.230.290.20
2019/200.300.210.13
2020/210.300.120.10
2021/220.080.180.16
2022/230.530.290.22
2023/240.770.380.25
2024/250.380.300.23

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Key stage 4 results

Against Solihull and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2025/26 (provisional)

42.1

Solihull
48.0
England
47.4

5.3 lower than England.

42.746.550.22021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
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Attainment 8
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2021/22Not published50.849.8
2022/23Not published46.847.2
2023/2447.148.046.9
2024/2543.648.147.1
2025/26 (provisional)42.148.047.4

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

55%

Solihull
68%
England
66%

11 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 4 or above
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2021/22Not published73%70%
2022/23Not published67%67%
2023/2465%69%67%
2024/2563%69%66%
2025/26 (provisional)55%68%66%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

34%

Solihull
47%
England
48%

14 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 5 or above
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2021/22Not published54%51%
2022/23Not published47%46%
2023/2445%49%47%
2024/2538%49%47%
2025/26 (provisional)34%47%48%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

Pupils

Against Solihull and England, secondary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

38.7%

Solihull
26.6%
England
25.8%

12.9 percentage points higher than England.

22.129.837.52021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2021/2231.6%22.8%20.9%
2022/2335.0%24.6%22.7%
2023/2436.4%25.2%24.1%
2024/2538.7%26.6%25.8%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

17.3%

Solihull
16.7%
England
13.4%

3.9 percentage points higher than England.

12.314.616.92021/222022/232023/242024/25
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SEN support
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2021/2215.7%14.2%11.9%
2022/2315.3%15.0%12.4%
2023/2412.2%15.7%12.9%
2024/2517.3%16.7%13.4%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

2.1%

Solihull
2.5%
England
3.1%

1.0 percentage point lower than England.

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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2021/221.2%2.0%2.2%
2022/231.4%2.1%2.4%
2023/241.7%2.3%2.7%
2024/252.1%2.5%3.1%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

17.7%

Solihull
12.2%
England
19.2%

1.5 percentage points lower than England.

8.813.618.52021/222022/232023/242024/25
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First language other than English
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2021/2216.1%8.1%17.5%
2022/2316.9%9.9%18.1%
2023/2416.8%11.2%18.6%
2024/2517.7%12.2%19.2%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Solihull and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

16.6

Solihull
16.8
England
17.3

0.7 lower than England.

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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2017/1814.815.716.5
2018/1915.316.016.8
2019/2016.116.417.2
2020/2116.216.317.1
2021/2214.916.617.1
2022/2315.316.517.2
2023/2416.317.117.4
2024/2516.016.717.3
2025/2616.616.817.3

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

2.1 days

Solihull
5.2 days
England
5.0 days

2.9 days lower than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

2.24.97.52017/182024/25
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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolSolihullEngland
2017/184.7 days3.4 days4.0 days
2018/195.8 days4.8 days4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/216.9 days4.7 days3.9 days
2021/227.9 days7.2 days6.3 days
2022/237.2 days5.1 days5.2 days
2023/241.8 days5.2 days5.3 days
2024/252.1 days5.2 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
1,273
Capacity
1,200
Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 18
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Trust
OUR LADY AND ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY
Opened
1 January 2011
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Meriden and Solihull East
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 2 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B37 5GA

Website: johnhenrynewmancatholiccollege.org.uk/

Telephone: 01217705331

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