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Academy sponsor led · Sandwell

Wodensborough Ormiston Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,119Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 139918URN

Hydes Road, Wednesbury, WS10 0DR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.5 below Sandwell median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Sandwell

391 applications for 210 places · 16th of 22 in Sandwell
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.0of 90
12th of 20 in Sandwell
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 25 November 2025Published 29 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected 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. 25 November 2025
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 24 June 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
1.9applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Sandwell median (2.4) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

391 applications · 210 places offered · 201 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Sandwell median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.6; Sandwell median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.7; Sandwell median median 2.0
  4. 2023 1.6; Sandwell median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.7; Sandwell median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.8; Sandwell median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.5; Sandwell median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.4; Sandwell median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.2; Sandwell median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.4; Sandwell median median 2.2
  11. 2016 1.4; Sandwell median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.7; Sandwell median median 1.9
  13. 2014 1.5; Sandwell median median 1.8
More applications per place than the Sandwell median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262103911.92010.96
Sep 20252053311.61760.86
Sep 20242143701.72201.03
Sep 20232333761.62190.94
Sep 20222153701.72080.97
Sep 20211783201.81430.80
Sep 20202073031.51580.76
Sep 20192072861.41440.70
Sep 20181952421.21160.59
Sep 20171772471.41110.63
Sep 20161442061.4860.60
Sep 20151252171.7800.64
Sep 20141812771.51250.69

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

189 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.012th of 20 in Sandwell
Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%8th of 20 in Sandwell
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%
  • This school
  • Sandwell median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.53
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18941.042%58%–
2024/2523138.629%55%–
2023/2421535.321%41%−0.53
2022/2322139.328%45%−0.21

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
Secondary
URN · DfE number
139918 · 333/4002
Trust
Ormiston Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,169 pupils · 1,119 on roll
Free school meals
49.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 November 2013
Replaced
Wodensborough Community Technology College (URN 104006)
Address
Hydes Road, Wednesbury, WS10 0DR
Local authority
Sandwell

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