Perryfields Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Oldbury, 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 🔒
Perryfields Academy is a secondary school in Oldbury, Sandwell for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 10 July 2024. Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Perryfields 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
- For Year 7 2026, every applicant was offered a place, with 58 first-choice applications for 101 offers and 43 offers to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of the 240 applications for Year 7 2026, 84 (35%) came from families living outside Sandwell, and 31 offers went to them.
- There are 12.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 15.2 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sandwell.
- In 2024/25, 39% 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
- Oldacre Road, Oldbury, B68 0RG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 682 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Inspected 10 July 2024
Strengths
- “Perryfields Academy is a warm, friendly and welcoming school.”
- “The positive relationships between staff and pupils are tangible throughout the school.”
- “Pupils treat each other with tolerance and respect and they say Perryfields is a school where you ‘can be who you want to be’.”
To improve
- “The school has high expectations of pupils, although these expectations are not always fully realised as pupils do not achieve well enough.”
- “This is further developed in subjects such as English and history, but is still in its infancy in mathematics.”
- “However, pupils sometimes have inconsistent learning experiences due to the varying quality in how well the curriculum is taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 2024 (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) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.8 | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 101 offers in total, 58 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.
- Oldbury Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Q3 Academy Langley 1.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Bristnall Hall Academy 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England High School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ormiston Forge Academy 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shireland Collegiate Academy 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holly Lodge High School College of Science 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Bromwich Collegiate Academy 2.9 mi Good Last distance published