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OpenSecondaryURN 138374
West Walsall E-ACT Academy
Academy sponsor led · Walsall · WS2 9UA
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,186
Local authority
Walsall
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- 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, 1,186 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 56.6%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138374
Location
- Address
- Primley Avenue
- Postcode
- WS2 9UA
- Town
- Walsall
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Walsall
- District
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- 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
- 1,186
- Boys / girls
- 582 / 604
- School capacity
- 1,100
- Capacity fill
- 1,186 / 1,100 (108%)
- Free school meals
- 56.6%
- FSM pupils
- 603
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: E-ACT
- Academy trust
- E-ACT
- Sponsor
- E-ACT
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Wilson
- Telephone
- 01922662640
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
2023-03-08
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
- 38.7
- Progress 8
- 0.1
- English & maths grade 5+
- 30%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 50%
- EBacc entry
- 39%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5