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Bloxwich Academy

  • 3–16Ages
  • 1,383Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • 137274URN

Leamore Lane, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS2 7NR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.6 below Walsall median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WalsallSelective

321 applications for 180 places · 12th of 18 in Walsall
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
32.9of 90
17th of 19 in Walsall
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 7 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
  2. 3 November 2021
    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
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Walsall median (2.4) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

321 applications · 180 places offered · 139 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.8; Walsall median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.2; Walsall median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.2; Walsall median median 2.5
  4. 2023 2.1; Walsall median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.5; Walsall median median 2.2
  6. 2021 1.1; Walsall median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.1; Walsall median median 2.5
  8. 2019 1.2; Walsall median median 2.5
  9. 2018 1.4; Walsall median median 2.3
  10. 2017 1.0; Walsall median median 2.4
  11. 2016 1.1; Walsall median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.4; Walsall median median 2.1
  13. 2014 0.9; Walsall median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Walsall median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Walsall median

Reception entry, September 2026: 1.3 per place (55 applications for 44 places).

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

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 20261803211.81390.77
Sep 20251763942.21440.82
Sep 20241783962.21901.07
Sep 20231773732.12041.15
Sep 20222193281.51930.88
Sep 20212562931.11410.55
Sep 20202412621.11270.53
Sep 20191772201.2990.56
Sep 20181472011.4840.57
Sep 20171401351.0670.48
Sep 2016941001.1530.56
Sep 2015961301.4600.63
Sep 20141791640.9970.54

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

194 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)32.917th of 19 in Walsall
Grade 5 or above in English and maths21%18th of 19 in Walsall
Grade 4 or above in English and maths40%
  • This school
  • Walsall median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.45
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19432.921%40%–
2024/2518632.925%40%–
2023/2419433.316%38%−0.45
2022/2313542.228%54%+0.35

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 sponsor led
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
137274 · 335/4001
Trust
Matrix Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,500 pupils · 1,383 on roll
Free school meals
64.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 January 2012
Address
Leamore Lane, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS2 7NR
Local authority
Walsall

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