Free schools · Secondary
West Bromwich · B70 7LE · Sandwell
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
1.5 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 135979
Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy
Academy sponsor led · Oldbury · B69 2HE
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
1,139
Local authority
Sandwell
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Oldbury, Sandwell, 1,139 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 34.2%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 135979
Location
- Address
- Lower City Road
- Postcode
- B69 2HE
- Town
- Oldbury
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- District
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,139
- Boys / girls
- 618 / 521
- School capacity
- 1,100
- Capacity fill
- 1,139 / 1,100 (104%)
- Free school meals
- 34.2%
- FSM pupils
- 389
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Ormiston Academies Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Pete McKinniss
- Telephone
- 01215525501
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-12-03
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 39.9
- Progress 8
- -0.4
- English & maths grade 5+
- 33%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 49%
- EBacc entry
- 37%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5