diff --git a/lib/concepts/school_student/create.rb b/lib/concepts/school_student/create.rb
index 4dc5a5209..2c8433706 100644
--- a/lib/concepts/school_student/create.rb
+++ b/lib/concepts/school_student/create.rb
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ module SchoolStudent
   class Create
     class << self
       def call(school:, school_student_params:, token:)
-        response = OperationResponse.new
-        response[:student_id] = create_student(school, school_student_params, token)
-        response
+        student_id = create_student(school, school_student_params, token)
+        OperationResponse[student_id:]
+      rescue ProfileApiClient::Student422Error => e
+        OperationResponse[error: e.to_s]
       rescue StandardError => e
         Sentry.capture_exception(e)
-        response[:error] = e.to_s
-        response
+        OperationResponse[error: e.to_s]
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/spec/concepts/school_student/create_spec.rb b/spec/concepts/school_student/create_spec.rb
index b2cca20fc..f150619ff 100644
--- a/spec/concepts/school_student/create_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/concepts/school_student/create_spec.rb
@@ -77,17 +77,28 @@
     end
   end
 
-  context 'when the student cannot be created in profile api because of a 422 response' do
-    let(:error) { { 'message' => "something's up with the username" } }
+  context 'when Profile API rejects the student details' do
+    let(:error) do
+      {
+        'errorCode' => 'isComplex',
+        'message' => 'Password is too simple'
+      }
+    end
     let(:exception) { ProfileApiClient::Student422Error.new(error) }
 
     before do
       allow(ProfileApiClient).to receive(:create_school_student).and_raise(exception)
+      allow(Sentry).to receive(:capture_exception)
     end
 
-    it 'adds a useful error message' do
+    it 'returns the translatable error code' do
       response = described_class.call(school:, school_student_params:, token:)
-      expect(response[:error]).to eq("something's up with the username")
+      expect(response[:error]).to eq('isComplex')
+    end
+
+    it 'does not send the expected validation error to Sentry' do
+      described_class.call(school:, school_student_params:, token:)
+      expect(Sentry).not_to have_received(:capture_exception)
     end
   end