Bristnall Hall Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Oldbury, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.818 miles
Published by Sandwell Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bristnall Hall Academy is a secondary school in Oldbury, Sandwell for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bristnall Hall 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 | 0.818 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 0.818 miles away, the shortest of the 5 Sandwell secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer than in 2025 and about the same as in 2024, and was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 249 first-choice applications for 188 offers; 173 offers went to first-choice families, and 76 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 48.1 (England 46).
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
- Bristnall Hall Lane, Oldbury, B68 9PA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 1,088 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “Bristnall Hall Academy is a truly inclusive and harmonious school.”
- “Staff care deeply about each pupil and want the very best for them.”
- “Everyone is proud to be part of a close-knit school community that is working together with a common purpose.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 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) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.1 | 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: 249 first-preference applications, 188 offers in total, 173 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.
- Q3 Academy Langley 0.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Oldbury Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Holly Lodge High School College of Science 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shireland Collegiate Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Perryfields Academy 1.4 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- West Bromwich Collegiate Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandwell Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England High School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published