Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Walsall
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.492 miles
Published by Walsall Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy is a secondary school in Walsall for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2023. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Ormiston Shelfield Community 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 | 1.492 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 1.492 miles away, the 3rd longest of 5 Walsall secondary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2022, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 277 first-choice applications for 256 offers; 221 offers went to first-choice families and 56 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 26% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Walsall.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Walsall schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Broad Way, High Heath, Pelsall, Walsall, WS4 1BW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 1,419 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 January 2023
Strengths
- “This is a caring and welcoming school.”
- “Leaders are determined to ensure that pupils achieve their best and overcome any challenges they may face.”
- “Staff know pupils as individuals and support them to feel safe and cared for.”
To improve
- “However, in a few cases, activities are not well matched to pupils’ needs, particularly for lower-attaining pupils.”
- “This means that these pupils sometimes struggle with aspects of learning.”
- “However, in some instances, teachers do not make the most of opportunities to help pupils read aloud or practise their reading comprehension.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 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) | 26% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.4 | 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: 277 first-preference applications, 256 offers in total, 221 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 Walsall.
- Shire Oak Academy 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Walsall Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Aldridge School - A Science College 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brownhills Ormiston Academy 2.3 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic College 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queen Mary's High School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blue Coat Church of England Academy 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Walsall Studio School 3.1 mi Not judged