St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School

State-Funded School

st-thomas-aquinas-catholic-school-birmingham-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

BirminghamLocal Authority

Birmingham NorthfieldConstituency

B38 8APPostcode

7.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Birmingham, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,193 pupils. St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School is part of Lumen Christi Catholic Multi Academy Company.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 49.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 49.5%
EBacc average point score: 4.27

Ethnicity

White

47%

Asian

Black

21%

Mixed

13%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

1,193

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

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: 1,193
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Lumen Christi 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 2 May 2024. 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
2 Dec 2018	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.