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Erasmus Darwin Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,112Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136886URN

Pool Road, Burntwood, WS7 3QW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodSep 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.5 above Staffordshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

448 applications for 192 places · 7th of 48 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.9of 90
22nd of 56 in Staffordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodSep 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2023

Inspection history

  1. 17 May 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 11 September 2014
    Graded inspection: Good

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
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above Staffordshire median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

448 applications · 192 places offered · 210 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 2.5; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 2.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 2.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.4; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Staffordshire 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261924482.32101.09
Sep 20251804412.52061.14
Sep 20241815112.82601.44
Sep 20231804932.72401.33
Sep 20221794722.62171.21
Sep 20211825042.82831.55
Sep 20201814542.52521.39
Sep 20191825142.82691.48
Sep 20181844772.62081.13
Sep 20171854392.42151.16
Sep 20161813642.01821.01
Sep 20151803732.11921.07
Sep 20141623222.01590.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

194 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.922nd of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths35%39th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.27
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19444.935%65%–
2024/2518547.845%71%–
2023/2418650.352%75%+0.27
2022/2318549.250%75%+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

  • 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
136886 · 860/5404
Trust
Primitas Learning Partnership
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,084 pupils · 1,112 on roll
Free school meals
19.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Chasetown Specialist Sports College (URN 124469)
Address
Pool Road, Burntwood, WS7 3QW
Local authority
Staffordshire · Lichfield

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