Sandwell Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · West Bromwich, 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 🔒
Sandwell Academy is a secondary school in West Bromwich, Sandwell for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 May 2024. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Sandwell Academy 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
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 321 first-choice applications for 197 offers, 1.6 first choices per offer, the highest of 21 Sandwell secondary schools.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, 149 offers went to first-choice families, and 172 first-choice families (54%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above: 52%, highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sandwell that have results.
- There are 32.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.2 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sandwell.
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
- Halfords Lane, West Bromwich, B71 4LG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 1,463 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 32.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 May 2024
Strengths
- “Sandwell Academy staff and pupils share the same high aspirations.”
- “Pupils understand and follow the school’s ethos to ‘be brave, be kind, be proud’.”
- “Relationships between pupils and staff are courteous and respectful.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of lessons, teachers do not know whether pupils have secured the important knowledge before moving on.”
- “This results in some pupils struggling to build on previous learning because they have not grasped the key skills and knowledge from before.”
- “However, a few pupils do not always focus on their learning well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 2024 (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) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.1 | 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: 321 first-preference applications, 197 offers in total, 149 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.
- Holly Lodge High School College of Science 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Windsor Olympus Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- West Bromwich Collegiate Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Shireland CBSO Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shireland Biomedical Utc 1.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Shireland Collegiate Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bristnall Hall Academy 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Q3 Academy Langley 2.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published