Great Wyrley Academy

Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Walsall, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026

7.173 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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Great Wyrley Academy is a secondary school in Walsall, Staffordshire for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 January 2023. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.

Great Wyrley 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	7.173 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

In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 7.173 miles away, the 2nd longest of 18 Staffordshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
For Year 7 2026 there were 129 first-choice applications for 148 offers; 123 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
For Year 7 2026, 143 of the 344 applications (42%) came from families living outside Staffordshire, and 45 offers went to them.
In 2024/25, 27% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 8 nearest secondary schools in Staffordshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Hall Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, WS6 6LQ
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–18
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 606 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 32.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 17.2

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 11 January 2023

Strengths

“This is a rapidly improving school.”
“Pupils, including those in the sixth form, are happy here.”
“They build strong, positive relationships with their peers and their teachers.”

To improve

“Currently, though, not enough pupils study a modern foreign language at key stage 4.”
“However, in other lessons, teachers’ use of assessment is less strong.”
“Some teachers do not always identify when pupils have failed to understand something they have been taught.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 February 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)	27%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	39	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: 129 first-preference applications, 148 offers in total, 123 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 Staffordshire.

Cheslyn Hay Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Cannock Chase High School 2.0 mi School remains Good
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade
Norton Canes High School 2.3 mi Requires improvement
Kingsmead School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Staffordshire University Academy 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
Erasmus Darwin Academy 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Chase Terrace Academy 3.8 mi Not judged