Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 14 April 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 18 October 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry426 applications · 222 places offered · 229 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2025 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2023 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2019 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2018 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Staffordshire median
Dashed bars: as Cheslyn Hay Sport and Community High School (URN 124425), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 222 | 426 | 1.9 | 229 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2025 | 217 | 400 | 1.8 | 209 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 222 | 408 | 1.8 | 264 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2023 | 225 | 360 | 1.6 | 222 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 221 | 343 | 1.6 | 209 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 222 | 355 | 1.6 | 210 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 220 | 357 | 1.6 | 208 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 221 | 364 | 1.7 | 214 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 * | 243 | 390 | 1.6 | 254 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2017 * | 224 | 407 | 1.8 | 247 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2016 * | 223 | 403 | 1.8 | 243 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2015 * | 221 | 389 | 1.8 | 237 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 * | 216 | 391 | 1.8 | 242 | 1.12 |
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.) | 214 | 41.5 | 38% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 199 | 42.1 | 32% | 62% | – |
| 2023/24 | 209 | 46.1 | 42% | 68% | −0.22 |
| 2022/23 | 228 | 49.7 | 48% | 72% | +0.14 |
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
- Cheslyn Hay AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · StaffordshireGood20232.3applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20232.8applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · Walsall20263.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · StaffordshireRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · WolverhamptonGood20222.8applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · Staffordshire20261.9applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · StaffordshireGood20231.7applications per place 33.3Attainment 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
- 146443 · 860/4140
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,302 pupils · 1,279 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2018
- Replaced
- Cheslyn Hay Sport and Community High School (URN 124425)
- Address
- Saredon Road, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, WS6 7JQ
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · South Staffordshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources