The Phoenix Collegiate
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · 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 🔒
The Phoenix Collegiate is a secondary school in West Bromwich, Sandwell for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2023. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Phoenix Collegiate 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, as at 14 of the 21 other Sandwell secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, 147 first-choice applications for 188 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 6th lowest of 21 Sandwell secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 25% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 39.8 (England 46).
- That 2024/25 result was the 2nd lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sandwell that have 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
- Clarkes Lane, West Bromwich, B71 2BX
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 1,770 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 February 2023
Strengths
- “Staff and pupils work together to foster a sense of community at The Phoenix Collegiate.”
- “One pupil summed up pupils’ positive views about school saying, ‘I am not the kind of person who should like school, but I like coming here.’”
- “Pupils feel safe, and staff look after their well-being.”
To improve
- “On occasion, a few pupils misbehave.”
- “This is because too few pupils choose a modern foreign language.”
- “On returning to the main school, a handful of these pupils need ongoing guidance.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 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) | 25% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.8 | 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: 147 first-preference applications, 188 offers in total, 147 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.
- Wodensborough Ormiston Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shireland CBSO Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- George Salter Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shireland Biomedical Utc 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Wood Green Academy 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- West Bromwich Collegiate Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Q3 Academy Tipton 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published