Q3 Academy Great Barr
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · Birmingham, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.248 miles
Published by Sandwell Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Q3 Academy Great Barr is a secondary school in Birmingham, Sandwell for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 September 2022. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Q3 Academy Great Barr 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 | 1.248 mi |
| 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 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.248 miles away, longest of the 5 Sandwell secondary schools with a published last distance, this one included.
- Year 7 2026 had 185 first-choice applications for 199 offers; 163 offers went to first-choice families and 22 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Of the 496 Year 7 2026 applications, 185 (37%) came from families living outside Sandwell, and 23 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the A level average grade was C+ (England B-).
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
- Wilderness Lane, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 7SD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 1,153 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 September 2022
Strengths
- “Q3 Academy Great Barr serves its community well.”
- “Relationships between pupils and teachers are strong and based on mutual respect.”
- “Pupils achieve well, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, the precise knowledge pupils need to know is unclear in a few subjects.”
- “In these cases, teachers sometimes move on to new learning before pupils are ready to do so.”
- “This slows some pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 October 2022 (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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.2 | 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: 185 first-preference applications, 199 offers in total, 163 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.
- The Phoenix Collegiate 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Wodensborough Ormiston Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wood Green Academy 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Shireland CBSO Academy 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shireland Biomedical Utc 3.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Sandwell Academy 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- George Salter Academy 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published