Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 21 April 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 27 April 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry352 applications · 206 places offered · 181 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Walsall median median 2.4
- 2025 2.0; Walsall median median 2.6
- 2024 1.9; Walsall median median 2.5
- 2023 1.9; Walsall median median 2.2
- 2022 1.9; Walsall median median 2.2
- 2021 2.1; Walsall median median 2.2
- 2020 2.2; Walsall median median 2.5
- 2019 2.1; Walsall median median 2.5
- 2018 1.9; Walsall median median 2.3
- 2017 1.4; Walsall median median 2.4
- 2016 1.7; Walsall median median 2.1
- 2015 1.7; Walsall median median 2.1
- 2014 1.2; 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 | 206 | 352 | 1.7 | 181 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 212 | 433 | 2.0 | 224 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2024 | 209 | 399 | 1.9 | 211 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2023 | 213 | 399 | 1.9 | 207 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 205 | 389 | 1.9 | 200 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 178 | 368 | 2.1 | 181 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 | 178 | 390 | 2.2 | 214 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2019 | 174 | 370 | 2.1 | 173 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 174 | 324 | 1.9 | 177 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2017 | 162 | 218 | 1.4 | 113 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2016 | 97 | 162 | 1.7 | 74 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2015 | 88 | 148 | 1.7 | 73 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2014 | 159 | 191 | 1.2 | 106 | 0.67 |
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.) | 169 | 41.0 | 23% | 53% | – |
| 2024/25 | 172 | 41.2 | 30% | 54% | – |
| 2023/24 | 173 | 42.1 | 30% | 61% | −0.04 |
| 2022/23 | 175 | 46.3 | 36% | 62% | +0.07 |
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
- Grace Academy DarlastonThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · WalsallGood20222.3applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Wolverhampton20262.5applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · SandwellGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Wolverhampton20262.0applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · SandwellGood20242.6applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · WalsallRemains Good20231.6applications per place 37.9Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · SandwellStandards maintained20252.5applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · WolverhamptonGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 36.9Attainment 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
- 135956 · 335/6907
- Trust
- Tove Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,075 pupils · 1,059 on roll
- Free school meals
- 56.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Replaced
- Darlaston Community Science College (URN 104249)
- Address
- Herberts Park Road, Darlaston, Wednesbury, WS10 8QJ
- Local authority
- Walsall
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources