 Only 34 schools in the UK, excluding Walsh, belong to all three clubs, placing the school in the top 1.2% of specialist schools in the UK.On 1 January 2014 Bishop Walsh Catholic School converted to academy status and is now part of the St John Paul II Multi

The school is involved with many projects with the Catholic Partnership, which includes the Year 10 young leaders project, sporting competitions and other religious orientated projects and events.The school's local cluster group is The Sutton Central Group.