Grace Academy Darlaston
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · Wednesbury, Walsall
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Walsall Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Grace Academy Darlaston is a secondary school in Wednesbury, Walsall for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Grace Academy Darlaston 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 |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 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 all 3 earlier years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 181 first-choice applications for 206 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 25 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 30% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 41.2 (England 46).
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was D+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was well below average.
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
- Herberts Park Road, Darlaston, Wednesbury, WS10 8QJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 1,059 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Grace Academy Darlaston is a happy and calm place to be.”
- “Pupils behave well and are proud to do so.”
- “They move around the school respectfully and calmly.”
To improve
- “There were some dips in pupils' attainment in national tests and examinations in 2025, largely due to some turbulence in staffing.”
- “However, leaders have rightly identified that there is more to do to make this consistently effective across the school.”
- “While leadership of inclusion is secure, inclusive practice in classrooms is still developing.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2026 (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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | 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: 181 first-preference applications, 206 offers in total, 181 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.
- St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- West Walsall E-ACT Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Willenhall E-ACT Academy 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pool Hayes Academy 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Joseph Leckie Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Walsall Studio School 2.9 mi Not judged
- Blue Coat Church of England Academy 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queen Mary's High School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published