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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 9 April 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 26 February 2020Graded inspection: 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 entry643 applications · 256 places offered · 260 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Sandwell median median 2.4
- 2025 2.5; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2024 2.6; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2023 2.8; Sandwell median median 1.8
- 2022 3.0; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2021 3.0; Sandwell median median 2.1
- 2020 3.1; Sandwell median median 2.1
- 2019 3.6; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2018 3.8; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2017 3.4; Sandwell median median 2.2
- 2016 3.2; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2015 3.0; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2014 3.0; 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 | 256 | 643 | 2.5 | 260 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 256 | 651 | 2.5 | 281 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 254 | 663 | 2.6 | 298 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2023 | 254 | 709 | 2.8 | 312 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2022 | 256 | 761 | 3.0 | 328 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2021 | 253 | 765 | 3.0 | 364 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2020 | 255 | 799 | 3.1 | 341 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2019 | 236 | 843 | 3.6 | 365 | 1.55 |
| Sep 2018 | 231 | 874 | 3.8 | 381 | 1.65 |
| Sep 2017 | 231 | 774 | 3.4 | 351 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2016 | 230 | 731 | 3.2 | 305 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2015 | 231 | 682 | 3.0 | 311 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2014 | 231 | 702 | 3.0 | 307 | 1.33 |
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.) | 258 | 43.9 | 40% | 59% | – |
| 2024/25 | 259 | 44.7 | 38% | 65% | – |
| 2023/24 | 258 | 45.9 | 43% | 65% | +0.04 |
| 2022/23 | 252 | 47.1 | 46% | 71% | −0.10 |
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
- Wood Green AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.5applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · SandwellGood20242.6applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Walsall20261.4applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Sandwell20251.9applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · WalsallRemains Good20231.6applications per place 37.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · WalsallGraded · no overall grade202532.8Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · WalsallRemains Good20232.4applications per place 36.5Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · SandwellGood20232.2applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · WalsallOutstanding20234.5applications per place 72.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136616 · 333/4024
- Trust
- Wood Green Academy
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,530 pupils · 1,518 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Wood Green High School College of Sport, Maths and Computing (URN 104007)
- Address
- Wood Green Road, Wednesbury, WS10 9QU
- Local authority
- Sandwell
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources