Brownhills Ormiston Academy
Ofsted: Some aspects not as strongAcademy converter · Secondary
Walsall · WS8 7QG · Walsall
Ages 11–16
- Att836.3
- P8-0.5
- EM5+26%
- Absence10.9%
1.0 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 136886
Erasmus Darwin Academy
Academy converter · Burntwood · WS7 3QW
Ages 11–18 · 1,112 pupils · Staffordshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
Attainment 8
50.3
Overall absence
7.6%
Admissions demand
1.44 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-07-06
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.27
−20+2
Attainment 850.3
English & maths grade 5+52%
English & maths grade 4+75%
EBacc entry10%
EBacc APS: 4.2
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)21.0%
Unauthorised0.9%
- Authorised absence
- 6.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 963
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.44 · Competitive
1st preferences
260
Places offered
181
1st-preference offers
180
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 511
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 181
- Applications from outside LA
- 94
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 11
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill103%
1,112 pupils · 1,084 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,112
- Boys / girls
- 561 / 551
- School capacity
- 1,084
- Capacity fill
- 1,112 / 1,084 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 19.3%
- FSM pupils
- 183
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: PRIMITAS LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Academy trust
- PRIMITAS LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Mr Phil Walklate
Location
- Address
- Pool Road
- Postcode
- WS7 3QW
- Town
- Burntwood
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Lichfield
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Burntwood, Staffordshire, 1,112 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 19.3%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Chase Terrace Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Burntwood · WS7 2DB · Staffordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att841.3
- P8-0.5
- EM5+37%
- Absence10.9%
1.1 miles away
Norton Canes High School
Ofsted: Requires improvementCommunity school · Secondary
Cannock · WS11 9SP · Staffordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att836.9
- P8-0.5
- EM5+19%
- Absence10.5%
1.5 miles away
Shire Oak Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Walsall · WS9 9PA · Walsall
Ages 11–18
- Att835.3
- P8-1.0
- EM5+26%
- Absence16.5%
2.4 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Phil Walklate
- Telephone
- 01543685828