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Pool Hayes Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,162Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 142594URN

Castle Drive, Willenhall, WV12 4QZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.3per place
1.1 below Walsall median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WalsallSelective

319 applications for 241 places · 18th of 18 in Walsall
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
36.8of 90
15th of 19 in Walsall
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 26 April 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
1.3applications per place, Year 7
1.1 below Walsall median (2.4) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

319 applications · 241 places offered · 128 named it first

  1. 2026 1.3; Walsall median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.4; Walsall median median 2.6
  3. 2024 1.5; Walsall median median 2.5
  4. 2023 1.7; Walsall median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.9; Walsall median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.1; Walsall median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.9; Walsall median median 2.5
  8. 2019 1.7; Walsall median median 2.5
  9. 2018 2.0; Walsall median median 2.3
  10. 2017 1.8; Walsall median median 2.4
  11. 2016 1.8; Walsall median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.7; Walsall median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.8; Walsall median median 2.2; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Walsall median in 0 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Walsall median

Dashed bars: as Pool Hayes Arts and Community School (URN 104251), the previous school.

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 20262413191.31280.53
Sep 20252393231.41380.58
Sep 20242413641.51610.67
Sep 20232343911.71750.75
Sep 20222063941.91840.89
Sep 20211944112.12071.07
Sep 20201893561.91340.71
Sep 20191953401.71700.87
Sep 20181923862.02211.15
Sep 20172093851.81970.94
Sep 2016 *1833331.81520.83
Sep 2015 *2063411.71820.88
Sep 2014 *1803161.81450.81

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

191 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.815th of 19 in Walsall
Grade 5 or above in English and maths23%15th of 19 in Walsall
Grade 4 or above in English and maths43%
  • This school
  • Walsall median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.43
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19136.823%43%–
2024/2518137.730%52%–
2023/2418537.222%49%−0.43
2022/2318040.231%48%−0.38

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

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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
142594 · 335/4106
Trust
Academy Transformation Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,084 pupils · 1,162 on roll
Free school meals
43.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 February 2016
Replaced
Pool Hayes Arts and Community School (URN 104251)
Address
Castle Drive, Willenhall, WV12 4QZ
Local authority
Walsall

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