St Peter's Catholic School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Solihull · B91 3NZ · Solihull
Ages 11–18
- Att852.6
- P80.3
- EM5+60%
- Absence7.7%
2.5 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 136333
Arden
Academy converter · Solihull · B93 0PT
Ages 11–18 · 1,812 pupils · Solihull
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
57.7
Overall absence
6.5%
Admissions demand
1.17 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-06-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.59
−20+2
Attainment 857.7
English & maths grade 5+68%
English & maths grade 4+82%
EBacc entry40%
EBacc APS: 5.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)16.4%
Unauthorised1.0%
- Authorised absence
- 5.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,528
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.17 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
344
Places offered
297
1st-preference offers
281
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 877
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 297
- Applications from outside LA
- 101
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 8
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill120%
1,812 pupils · 1,490 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,812
- Boys / girls
- 937 / 875
- School capacity
- 1,490
- Capacity fill
- 1,812 / 1,490 (122%)
- Free school meals
- 12.4%
- FSM pupils
- 184
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ARDEN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- ARDEN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Arden Multi Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr David Warwood
Location
- Address
- Station Road, Knowle
- Postcode
- B93 0PT
- Town
- Solihull
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Solihull
- District
- Solihull
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Solihull, Solihull, 1,812 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 12.4%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Solihull · B91 3PD · Solihull
Ages 11–18
- Att862.0
- P80.8
- EM5+78%
- Absence6.4%
2.7 miles away
Alderbrook School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Solihull · B91 1SN · Solihull
Ages 11–18
- Att853.9
- P80.5
- EM5+60%
- Absence7.3%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr David Warwood
- Telephone
- 01564773348