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St Edmund's Catholic Academy

Compton Park, Compton Road West, Wolverhampton, WV3 9DU

ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance95.8%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.19
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils1171

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Standards maintained

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Good

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in WV3. Where we have them, council (Wolverhampton) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1171
Free school meals
46.9%
11.2% above district average (35.7%)

Also: Wolverhampton 43.4% · England 25.8%

SEN
14.8%
0.8% below district average (15.6%)

Also: Wolverhampton 17.8% · England 16.5%

EAL
27%
6.8% below district average (33.8%)
Attendance
95.8%
0.7% above district average (95.1%)

Also: Wolverhampton 92.9% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
8.8%
Progress 8
+0.19 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
50.2
Grade 5+ English & maths
46.7%
Grade 4+ English & maths
74.7%
Entered for EBacc
21.3%
EBacc average point score
4.35

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the WV3 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2197%
  • 2021/2292.9%
  • 2022/2394.4%
  • 2023/2495.4%
  • 2024/2595.5%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
781
Pupils on roll
1171

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Wolverhampton page.

SEN support

SEN %
14.8%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates