Aldridge School - A Science College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Walsall
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.19 miles
Published by Walsall Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Aldridge School - A Science College is a secondary school in Walsall for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 May 2022. Walsall has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Aldridge School - A Science College 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 | 2.19 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
- In 2024/25, 41% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); the average A level grade was C (England B-), with below-average progress.
- In Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.19 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 214 first-choice applications for 259 offers; 186 offers went to first-choice families, and 28 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 27.9% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 40.8% across 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
- Tynings Lane, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 0BG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Walsall
- Pupils on roll
- 1,629 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school, including those in the sixth form, enjoy their learning.”
- “They say that their teachers care about them and help them to do their best.”
- “Classrooms are calm and purposeful spaces that encourage and promote learning.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, the support strategies do not ensure that these pupils can learn more and remember more of what has been taught.”
- “However, leaders have not established a suitable phonics programme for the small number of pupils who are at a very early stage of reading.”
- “However, some parents do not feel that they always get the right information at the right time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 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) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.2 | 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: 214 first-preference applications, 259 offers in total, 186 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 Francis of Assisi Catholic College 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Queen Mary's High School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queen Mary's Grammar School 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Blue Coat Church of England Academy 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barr Beacon School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Shire Oak Academy 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Walsall Studio School 2.6 mi Not judged