Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Sandwell
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry1,115 applications · 197 places offered · 321 named it first
- 2026 5.7; Sandwell median median 2.4
- 2025 5.6; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2024 6.3; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2023 6.4; Sandwell median median 1.8
- 2022 6.9; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2021 7.5; Sandwell median median 2.1
- 2020 7.9; Sandwell median median 2.1
- 2019 7.8; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2018 7.6; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2017 7.3; Sandwell median median 2.2
- 2016 6.9; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2015 7.5; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2014 7.5; Sandwell median median 1.8
- This school
- Sandwell median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 197 | 1,115 | 5.7 | 321 | 1.63 |
| Sep 2025 | 196 | 1,106 | 5.6 | 390 | 1.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 196 | 1,231 | 6.3 | 414 | 2.11 |
| Sep 2023 | 192 | 1,226 | 6.4 | 458 | 2.39 |
| Sep 2022 | 194 | 1,333 | 6.9 | 492 | 2.54 |
| Sep 2021 | 200 | 1,495 | 7.5 | 515 | 2.58 |
| Sep 2020 | 196 | 1,542 | 7.9 | 596 | 3.04 |
| Sep 2019 | 200 | 1,549 | 7.8 | 625 | 3.13 |
| Sep 2018 | 200 | 1,513 | 7.6 | 703 | 3.52 |
| Sep 2017 | 199 | 1,442 | 7.3 | 631 | 3.17 |
| Sep 2016 | 200 | 1,375 | 6.9 | 508 | 2.54 |
| Sep 2015 | 180 | 1,357 | 7.5 | 525 | 2.92 |
| Sep 2014 | 180 | 1,358 | 7.5 | 585 | 3.25 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 199 | 49.0 | 48% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 202 | 49.1 | 52% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 198 | 47.7 | 48% | 70% | −0.13 |
| 2022/23 | 196 | 47.9 | 47% | 70% | +0.01 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Sandwell AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20245.7applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · BirminghamGood20233.3applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20253.4applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Sandwell20261.5applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · SandwellNot yet inspected1.7applications per place
- 2.4 km · BirminghamGood20247.5applications per place 71.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.4 km · SandwellGood20244.0applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · SandwellNot yet inspected2.9applications per place
- 2.6 km · SandwellRequires improvement20232.6applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 134993 · 333/6905
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,250 pupils · 1,463 on roll
- Free school meals
- 32.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2006
- Address
- Halfords Lane, West Bromwich, B71 4LG
- Local authority
- Sandwell
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources