Oldbury Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Oldbury, 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 🔒
Oldbury Academy is a secondary school in Oldbury, Sandwell for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 December 2021. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Oldbury 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 for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, as at 14 of the 21 other Sandwell secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 82 first-choice applications for 169 offers: 0.5 first choices per offer, the lowest of 21 Sandwell secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 87 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 31% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
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
- Pound Road, Oldbury, B68 8NE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 1,193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 December 2021
Strengths
- “This is a school which thrives on positive relationships.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school as they benefit from the care and support of the adults who work here.”
- “They get along well with each other, and are proud of the diversity of their school.”
To improve
- “However, there is some variability in how well they are taught.”
- “This impacts on how well they learn to spell, to write legibly and to communicate in good English.”
- “There is variation, however, in how consistently this happens in lessons for these pupils, which impacts on their learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 September 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) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.4 | 46 |
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: 82 first-preference applications, 169 offers in total, 82 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.
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- Bristnall Hall Academy 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Perryfields Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Holly Lodge High School College of Science 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England High School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shireland Collegiate Academy 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Bromwich Collegiate Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Ormiston Forge Academy 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published