Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Sandwell
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 7 November 2023Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 4 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry835 applications · 188 places offered · 249 named it first
- 2026 4.4; Sandwell median median 2.4
- 2025 3.3; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2024 3.2; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2023 3.3; Sandwell median median 1.8
- 2022 3.0; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2021 3.3; Sandwell median median 2.1
- 2020 3.1; Sandwell median median 2.1
- 2019 3.4; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2018 2.6; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2017 2.2; Sandwell median median 2.2
- 2016 2.3; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2015 2.1; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2014 1.8; 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 | 188 | 835 | 4.4 | 249 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2025 | 201 | 659 | 3.3 | 222 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 195 | 625 | 3.2 | 223 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2023 | 195 | 638 | 3.3 | 246 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2022 | 205 | 613 | 3.0 | 227 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 | 204 | 680 | 3.3 | 263 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2020 | 203 | 626 | 3.1 | 199 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 189 | 644 | 3.4 | 242 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2018 | 189 | 486 | 2.6 | 167 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 190 | 423 | 2.2 | 168 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 | 168 | 388 | 2.3 | 132 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2015 | 188 | 396 | 2.1 | 161 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 | 201 | 364 | 1.8 | 142 | 0.71 |
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.) | 216 | 51.6 | 50% | 72% | – |
| 2024/25 | 214 | 48.1 | 38% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 192 | 49.0 | 44% | 63% | +0.59 |
| 2022/23 | 189 | 44.5 | 33% | 55% | +0.57 |
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
- Bristnall Hall AcademyThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20234.4applications per place 51.6Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · SandwellImproved significantly20243.1applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Sandwell20262.8applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Sandwell20261.5applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · SandwellGraded · no overall grade20242.9applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · SandwellRemains Good · concerns noted20242.4applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · Birmingham20263.4applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · BirminghamGood20243.4applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · BirminghamGraded · no overall grade20244.1applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 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
- 139043 · 333/4129
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,010 pupils · 1,088 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 December 2012
- Replaced
- Bristnall Hall Technology College (URN 104016)
- Address
- Bristnall Hall Lane, Oldbury, B68 9PA
- Local authority
- Sandwell
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources