George Salter Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · 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 🔒
George Salter Academy is a secondary school in West Bromwich, Sandwell for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2023. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
George Salter 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in both earlier years, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 153 first-choice applications for 218 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 21 Sandwell secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 65 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 31% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th highest of 7 schools: this one and 6 nearby Sandwell secondary schools with results.
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
- Davey Road, West Bromwich, B70 9UW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 1,377 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils and students value the way school life is about much more than lessons.”
- “Most enjoy being in school and are keen to meet the high expectations staff have of their behaviour, learning and personal development.”
- “Pupils are achieving increasingly better outcomes.”
To improve
- “Most staff use these well to adapt learning in their lessons, but this is not always the case.”
- “However, some parts of the strategy are not as effective as they could be.”
- “It is taking some pupils too long to become fluent readers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 2023 (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) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.6 | 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: 153 first-preference applications, 218 offers in total, 153 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.
- Shireland Biomedical Utc 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Shireland CBSO Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Phoenix Collegiate 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- West Bromwich Collegiate Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wodensborough Ormiston Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Q3 Academy Tipton 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holly Lodge High School College of Science 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published