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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry268 applications · 103 places offered · 67 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Sandwell median median 2.4
- 2025 1.7; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2024 2.1; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2023 0.8; Sandwell median median 1.8
- 2022 0.0; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 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 | 103 | 268 | 2.6 | 67 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2025 | 104 | 180 | 1.7 | 55 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2024 | 82 | 171 | 2.1 | 41 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2023 | 108 | 91 | 0.8 | 24 | 0.22 |
| Sep 2022 | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2022/23Every year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 0 | – | |||
| 2024/25 | 0 | – | |||
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 38 | 40.3 | 34% | 50% | −0.32 |
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
- Shireland Biomedical UtcThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20232.6applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · SandwellNot yet inspected2.9applications per place
- 1.0 km · SandwellRemains Good20232.2applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · SandwellGood20244.0applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · SandwellGood20232.2applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · SandwellGood20245.7applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Sandwell20261.5applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · SandwellRemains Good20231.6applications per place 44.7Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Sandwell20251.9applications per place 41.0Attainment 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
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141813 · 333/4005
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 520 on roll
- Free school meals
- 52.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Address
- 350 High Street, West Bromwich, B70 8DJ
- Local authority
- Sandwell
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources