Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in WalsallSelective
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 | Good |
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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 entry617 applications · 256 places offered · 277 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Walsall median median 2.4
- 2025 2.3; Walsall median median 2.6
- 2024 2.3; Walsall median median 2.5
- 2023 2.0; Walsall median median 2.2
- 2022 3.5; Walsall median median 2.2
- 2021 3.6; Walsall median median 2.2
- 2020 3.6; Walsall median median 2.5
- 2019 4.7; Walsall median median 2.5
- 2018 5.6; Walsall median median 2.3
- 2017 5.5; Walsall median median 2.4
- 2016 7.9; Walsall median median 2.1
- 2015 16.0; Walsall median median 2.1
- 2014 2.5; Walsall median median 2.2
- This school
- Walsall 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 | 256 | 617 | 2.4 | 277 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2025 | 258 | 595 | 2.3 | 256 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 249 | 572 | 2.3 | 284 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2023 | 260 | 513 | 2.0 | 219 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2022 | 25 | 87 | 3.5 | 47 | 1.88 |
| Sep 2021 | 24 | 87 | 3.6 | 41 | 1.71 |
| Sep 2020 | 24 | 86 | 3.6 | 38 | 1.58 |
| Sep 2019 | 23 | 107 | 4.7 | 47 | 2.04 |
| Sep 2018 | 18 | 100 | 5.6 | 60 | 3.33 |
| Sep 2017 | 15 | 83 | 5.5 | 42 | 2.80 |
| Sep 2016 | 10 | 79 | 7.9 | 40 | 4.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 31 | 7.75 |
| Sep 2014 | 225 | 558 | 2.5 | 229 | 1.02 |
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.) | 233 | 39.6 | 29% | 53% | – |
| 2024/25 | 233 | 38.4 | 26% | 47% | – |
| 2023/24 | 242 | 40.4 | 23% | 58% | −0.49 |
| 2022/23 | 231 | 38.8 | 22% | 44% | −0.46 |
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
- Ormiston Shelfield Community AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.4applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · WalsallSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Walsall20263.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · WalsallRemains Good20223.1applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · WalsallSome aspects not as strong20242.5applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · Walsall20263.8applications per place 53.0Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · Walsall20265.7applications per place 74.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.7 km · Walsall20261.8applications per place 32.9Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20232.3applications per place 44.9Attainment 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
- 135769 · 335/6906
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,830 pupils · 1,419 on roll
- Free school meals
- 45.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2009
- Replaced
- Shelfield Sports and Community College (URN 104247)
- Address
- Broad Way, High Heath, Pelsall, Walsall, WS4 1BW
- Local authority
- Walsall
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources