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Joseph Leckie Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,524Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137830URN

Walstead Road West, Walsall, WS5 4PG · 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
1.4per place
1.0 below Walsall median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WalsallSelective

412 applications for 296 places · 16th of 18 in Walsall
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.9of 90
7th of 19 in Walsall
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 February 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected 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. 3 February 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 12 October 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
1.4applications per place, Year 7
1.0 below Walsall median (2.4) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

412 applications · 296 places offered · 213 named it first

  1. 2026 1.4; Walsall median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.5; Walsall median median 2.6
  3. 2024 1.6; Walsall median median 2.5
  4. 2023 1.6; Walsall median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.2; Walsall median median 2.2
  6. 2021 1.3; Walsall median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.5; Walsall median median 2.5
  8. 2019 1.4; Walsall median median 2.5
  9. 2018 1.3; Walsall median median 2.3
  10. 2017 1.3; Walsall median median 2.4
  11. 2016 1.2; Walsall median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.4; Walsall median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.4; Walsall median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Walsall median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262964121.42130.72
Sep 20252553901.51990.78
Sep 20242513931.61930.77
Sep 20232624161.62220.85
Sep 20222693331.21900.71
Sep 20212373121.31490.63
Sep 20202483761.51990.80
Sep 20192483411.41730.70
Sep 20182262851.31440.64
Sep 20172322891.31410.61
Sep 20161882271.21180.63
Sep 20151381931.4900.65
Sep 20142132971.41220.57

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

237 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.97th of 19 in Walsall
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%9th of 19 in Walsall
Grade 4 or above in English and maths54%
  • This school
  • Walsall median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.11
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23742.936%54%–
2024/2524942.431%55%–
2023/2423743.742%60%+0.11
2022/2323442.332%51%+0.08

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
137830 · 335/4007
Trust
The Forge Brook Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,414 pupils · 1,524 on roll
Free school meals
53.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2012
Replaced
Joseph Leckie Community Technology College (URN 104243)
Address
Walstead Road West, Walsall, WS5 4PG
Local authority
Walsall

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