Q3 Academy Langley
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Oldbury, Sandwell
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.171 miles
Published by Sandwell Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Q3 Academy Langley is a secondary school in Oldbury, Sandwell for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 11 December 2024. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Q3 Academy Langley 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 | 1.171 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
- For Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.171 miles away, 2nd longest of the 5 Sandwell secondary schools with a published last distance, this one included.
- Year 7 last distances swung sharply, most between 2024 and 2025; the 2026 figure was about the same as in 2025.
- There were 344 first-choice applications for 292 Year 7 2026 offers; 262 offers went to first-choice families and 82 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sandwell.
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
- Moat Road, Oldbury, B68 8ED
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 1,490 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Q3 Academy Langley behave impeccably.”
- “They are extremely proud to meet the school’s high standards, which they affectionately dub the ‘Langleylicious Way’.”
- “They know that their excellent manners and smart appearance send an important message to the local community.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2025 (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) | 50% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.8 | 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: 344 first-preference applications, 292 offers in total, 262 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.
- Bristnall Hall Academy 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Oldbury Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Holly Lodge High School College of Science 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Perryfields Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Shireland Collegiate Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Bromwich Collegiate Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England High School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sandwell Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published