Shireland CBSO Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–19 · West Bromwich, 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 🔒
Shireland CBSO Academy is a secondary school in West Bromwich, Sandwell for ages 11–19 (free schools). Sandwell has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Shireland CBSO 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 2026 Year 7 entry there were 113 first-choice applications for 140 offers; 105 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- The 2026 Year 7 figure of 0.8 first choices per offer was the 7th lowest of 21 Sandwell secondary schools; 35 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- There are 17.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.1 across 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
- 1 Providence Place, West Bromwich, B70 8SZ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sandwell
- Pupils on roll
- 457 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 113 first-preference applications, 140 offers in total, 105 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.
- Shireland Biomedical Utc 0.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- George Salter Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Bromwich Collegiate Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Phoenix Collegiate 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandwell Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Holly Lodge High School College of Science 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wodensborough Ormiston Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published