Wodensborough Ormiston Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Wednesbury, 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 🔒
Wodensborough Ormiston Academy is a secondary school in Wednesbury, Sandwell for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Wodensborough Ormiston 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 was the case at 14 of the 21 other Sandwell secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 entry, places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 2 years before 2026; in 2026 every applicant was offered a place.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 201 first-choice applications for 210 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 29% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 38.6 (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
- Hydes Road, Wednesbury, WS10 0DR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 1,119 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 25 November 2025
Strengths
- “Wodensborough Ormiston Academy is a friendly, respectful community where pupils are valued.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this inclusive school and speak positively about the support and care they receive from staff.”
- “Pupils feel safe and well looked after.”
To improve
- “However, a significant number of pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “However, this is not consistent across the school.”
- “Staff in some subjects do not always check precisely whether pupils know and understand the most important knowledge they are learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 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) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.6 | 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: 201 first-preference applications, 210 offers in total, 201 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.
- The Phoenix Collegiate 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wood Green Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- George Salter Academy 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shireland CBSO Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shireland Biomedical Utc 1.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Gospel Oak School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Q3 Academy Tipton 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published