St Michael's Church of England High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Sandwell
Curral Road, Rowley Regis, B65 9AN
64
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
86%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.3%
20.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,213
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
86%
1st preference success rate
250 of 290 families who put it first got an offer
266
Places offered
497
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 290 | 250 | ● 86% |
| 2nd preference | 107 | 10 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 56 | 5 | ● 9% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 44 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Total | 497 | 266 | 54% |
1st preference success by year
Sandwell lets families list 6 preferences. 100 applications came from outside the council area (23 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Christina Handy-Rivett
- Address
- Curral Road, Rowley Regis, B65 9AN
- Phone
- 01215616881
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Ward / constituency
- Blackheath · West Bromwich
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 104019
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 39% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 21% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,213 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
18 January 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,233 pupils
Attendance
92.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.28 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 37% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 60% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.75 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 38.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 61.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 22.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.06 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 226 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 224 | 12% | 41% | 64% | |
| English Language | 224 | 22% | 63% | 76% | |
| English Literature | 223 | 17% | 61% | 76% | |
| Religious Studies | 205 | 23% | 66% | 76% | |
| Combined Science | 180 | 8% | 38% | 59% | |
| History | 126 | 33% | 68% | 81% | |
| Geography | 77 | 17% | 45% | 58% | |
| Art and Design | 60 | 23% | 50% | 70% | |
| Biology | 39 | 59% | 90% | 95% | |
| Physics | 38 | 53% | 92% | 97% | |
| Chemistry | 38 | 63% | 97% | 97% | |
| Spanish | 30 | 33% | 67% | 87% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Sandwell council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.