Graded inspection · Feb 2024 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry598 applications · 151 places offered · 205 named it first
- 2026 4.0; Sandwell median median 2.4
- 2025 3.9; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2024 3.7; Sandwell median median 2.0
- 2023 4.0; Sandwell median median 1.8
- 2022 3.3; Sandwell median median 1.9
- 2021 2.6; Sandwell median median 2.1
- 2020 4.3; Sandwell median median 2.1
- 2019 2.0; 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 | 151 | 598 | 4.0 | 205 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2025 | 147 | 571 | 3.9 | 195 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2024 | 150 | 554 | 3.7 | 181 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2023 | 151 | 596 | 4.0 | 193 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2022 | 150 | 498 | 3.3 | 177 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2021 | 154 | 399 | 2.6 | 142 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 151 | 649 | 4.3 | 210 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2019 | 175 | 355 | 2.0 | 122 | 0.70 |
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.) | 154 | 48.4 | 46% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 154 | 45.3 | 37% | 60% | – |
| 2023/24 | 166 | 43.0 | 33% | 53% | −0.05 |
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- West Bromwich Collegiate AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20244.0applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · SandwellRequires improvement20232.6applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · SandwellNot yet inspected2.9applications per place
- 1.6 km · Sandwell20261.5applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · SandwellRemains Good20232.2applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · SandwellGood20245.7applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · SandwellRemains Good20231.6applications per place 44.7Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · SandwellImproved significantly20243.1applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · SandwellOutstanding20234.4applications per place 51.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147182 · 333/4007
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 774 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2019
- Address
- Kelvin Way, West Bromwich, B70 7LE
- Local authority
- Sandwell
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources