Shireland Collegiate Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · 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 🔒
Shireland Collegiate Academy is a secondary school in Smethwick, Sandwell for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Shireland Collegiate 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
- In Year 7 2026 there were 332 first-choice applications for 244 offers; 228 offers went to first-choice families, and 104 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- At 1.4 first choices per offer, Year 7 2026 demand was the 3rd highest of 21 Sandwell secondary schools.
- 150 of the 714 applications (21%) for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside Sandwell, and 37 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with Attainment 8 score 44.5 (England 46).
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
- Waterloo Road, Smethwick, B66 4ND
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 1,585 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “Respectful, caring and supportive relationships are at the heart of this school.”
- “An overwhelming sense of community and mutual respect greets you as you arrive.”
- “Pupils say that they are happy in school and value the opportunities to support each other.”
To improve
- “While most pupils achieve well in many subjects, there are a small number of subjects where recent developments are still to show improvements in outcomes by the end of key stage 4.”
- “However, sometimes teachers do not routinely check pupils’ understanding carefully enough.”
- “They do not have a sufficiently detailed understanding of whether pupils remember what they have learned before.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 November 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) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.5 | 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: 332 first-preference applications, 244 offers in total, 228 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 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Windsor Olympus Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holly Lodge High School College of Science 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Q3 Academy Langley 1.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Sandwell Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Oldbury Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Perryfields Academy 2.3 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- West Bromwich Collegiate Academy 2.4 mi Good Last distance published