Holly Lodge High School College of Science
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Smethwick, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Sandwell Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holly Lodge High School College of Science is a secondary school in Smethwick, Sandwell for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 March 2022. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Holly Lodge High School College of Science catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Year 7 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 14 of the 21 other Sandwell secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 entry had 143 first-choice applications for 241 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 98 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 42.1 (England 46).
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was above average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sandwell schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Holly Lane, Smethwick, B67 7JG
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 1,636 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 March 2022
Strengths
- “An atmosphere of mutual respect fills this school.”
- “Pupils get along well with each other.”
- “They feel able to be themselves, secure in the knowledge that bullying is rare and swiftly resolved.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, some pupils do not attain as well as they could in national examinations at the end of key stage 4.”
- “On occasion, some teachers do not adapt learning well enough to support pupils who need more help or to challenge pupils to deepen their knowledge.”
- “However, there is further work to ensure that standards in reading and writing are as high as they are in mathematics.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 143 first-preference applications, 241 offers in total, 143 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sandwell.
- Bristnall Hall Academy 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- West Bromwich Collegiate Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Q3 Academy Langley 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Sandwell Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Shireland Collegiate Academy 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oldbury Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Shireland Biomedical Utc 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Shireland CBSO Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published