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Shire Oak Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Lichfield Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall WS9 9PA · shireoakacademy.co.uk · 01543 452518

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
35
average Attainment 8 score. Walsall 42.9, England 46
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,149
77% of 1,491 places
Local authority
Walsall
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
44.8%
First language not English
11%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Mercian Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 67 families put the school first and 128 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 215 (Places 277)215September 2023: 139 (Places 290)139September 2024: 119 (Places 293)119September 2025: 96 (Places 218)96September 2026: 67 (Places 128)67Places 128
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026128670.5100%
September 2025Sept 2025218960.4100%
September 2024Sept 20242931190.4100%
September 2023Sept 20232901390.5100%
September 2022Sept 20222772150.8100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35, and 25.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Walsall it was 42.9, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (28.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 43.5 (England 46.3)43.52017/18: 43.0 (England 46.5)43.02018/19: 45.2 (England 46.7)45.22021/22: 43.2 (England 48.8)43.22022/23: 38.7 (England 46.3)38.72023/24: 35.3 (England 45.9)35.32024/25: 35.0 (England 46.0)35.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼3546
▼25.8%45.4%
▼41.8%64.8%
▼3.3%40.5%
▼2.904.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form26.1−10.9
Further education56.8+15.5
Apprenticeship3.4−3.5
Employment2.6+0.4
Not in a lasting destination5.1−3.6
Activity not captured6+2.4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 26.6 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 22.3 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 25.0 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 27.8 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 30.0 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 27.9 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 25.6 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 28.7 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
67 studentsC (28.7)Below average -0.44
68 studentsC (28.5)Below average -0.45
47 studentsMerit (25.4)Below average -0.25
22.2%AAB or better
93.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2491C- (25.6)-0.35
2022/2398C- (27.9)—
2021/2292C (30)—
2018/1999C- (27.8)-0.23
2017/18117C- (25)-0.38
2016/17111D+ (22.3)-0.29
2015/16127C- (26.6)-0.15

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University44.6−8.3
Further and other education2.9+0.9
Further education2—
Other education1—
Apprenticeship6.9+1
Employment23.8+1.3
Not in a lasting destination13.9+1.2
Activity not captured7.9+4

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Shire Oak Academy on 21 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
21 Jan 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementInadequate
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Apr 2022

Other inspections

Report cards, from November 2025

  • Jul 2026Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Mar 2026Monitoring visitEffective action

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Apr 2022Requires improvement
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2018Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Nov 2014Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
  • May 2010Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

47% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (91 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
47%
Positive
39%
Replies
91
7% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school▼55% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe▼54% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved▼44% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▼41% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well▼51% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▼46% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼46% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 93% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼28% agreeEngland 43%

based on 36 parents (40%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼38% agreeEngland 63%

based on 29 parents (32%) with SEND

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