John Henry Newman Catholic College

State-Funded School

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West MidlandsRegion

SolihullLocal Authority

Meriden and Solihull EastConstituency

B37 5GAPostcode

3.3

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

John Henry Newman Catholic College is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Solihull, West Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,273 pupils. John Henry Newman Catholic College is part of OUR LADY AND ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 3 Mar 2026 · published 29 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 43.6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 37.5%
EBacc average point score: 3.72

Ethnicity

White

65%

Asian

Black

11%

Mixed

13%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,273

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

42%

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 1,273
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: OUR LADY AND ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 11 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
3 Jan 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.