Shire Oak Academy
Academy converter · Secondary
Walsall · WS9 9PA · Walsall
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.4 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 135769
Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy
Academy sponsor led · Walsall · WS4 1BW
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,419
Local authority
Walsall
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas 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 11–18, in Walsall, Walsall, 1,419 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 45.6%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 135769
Location
- Address
- Broad Way, High Heath, Pelsall
- Postcode
- WS4 1BW
- Town
- Walsall
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Walsall
- District
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Aldridge-Brownhills
- 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
- 1,419
- Boys / girls
- 756 / 663
- School capacity
- 1,375
- Capacity fill
- 1,419 / 1,375 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 45.6%
- FSM pupils
- 573
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Ormiston Academies Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael Riley
- Telephone
- 01922685777