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Queen Mary's High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 949Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • GirlsPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136777URN

Upper Forster Street, Walsall, WS4 2AE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.7per place
3.3 above Walsall median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WalsallSelective

851 applications for 149 places · 1st of 18 in Walsall
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
74.1of 90
1st of 19 in Walsall
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 17 March 2026Published 7 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementExceptional
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong 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

  1. 17 March 2026
    Report card · 2 Exceptional, 5 Strong standard
  2. 12 October 2021
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
5.7applications per place, Year 7
3.3 above Walsall median (2.4) 3.5 above England median (2.2)

851 applications · 149 places offered · 263 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 5.7; Walsall median median 2.4
  2. 2025 6.1; Walsall median median 2.6
  3. 2024 5.2; Walsall median median 2.5
  4. 2023 5.3; Walsall median median 2.2
  5. 2022 5.2; Walsall median median 2.2
  6. 2021 5.5; Walsall median median 2.2
  7. 2020 5.5; Walsall median median 2.5
  8. 2019 6.0; Walsall median median 2.5
  9. 2018 5.9; Walsall median median 2.3
  10. 2017 7.0; Walsall median median 2.4
  11. 2016 6.3; Walsall median median 2.1
  12. 2015 7.4; Walsall median median 2.1
  13. 2014 6.4; Walsall median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Walsall median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Walsall median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261498515.72631.77
Sep 20251448746.13122.17
Sep 20241457535.22711.87
Sep 20231367185.32591.90
Sep 20221427445.22611.84
Sep 20211478035.53162.15
Sep 20201468035.53062.10
Sep 20191217226.02662.20
Sep 20181136615.92061.82
Sep 20171047307.02762.65
Sep 20161177376.32201.88
Sep 20151067857.42462.32
Sep 20141107086.42392.17

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

148 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)74.11st of 19 in Walsall
Grade 5 or above in English and maths96%1st of 19 in Walsall
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Walsall median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.55
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14874.196%100%–
2024/2514673.595%99%–
2023/2414872.197%99%+0.55
2022/2312074.299%99%+0.74

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

  • 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
136777 · 335/5403
Trust
The Mercian Trust
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
858 pupils · 949 on roll
Free school meals
28.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 June 2011
Replaced
Queen Mary's High School (URN 104261)
Address
Upper Forster Street, Walsall, WS4 2AE
Local authority
Walsall

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources