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Wodensborough Ormiston Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Hydes Road, Wednesbury WS10 0DR · woacademy.co.uk · 0121 506 4300
On the mapSearch near WS10 0DR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Sandwell 41.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Sandwell Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,119
- 96% of 1,169 places
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 49.1%
- First language not English
- 14.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Sandwell Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 201 families put the school first and 210 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 210 | 201 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 205 | 176 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 214 | 220 | 1▲ | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 233 | 219 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 215 | 208 | 1 | 96% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 1.36 mi2.18 km | |
The council gives N/A for the furthest distance: no distance was needed (the school was not over-subscribed).
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.6, and 29% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sandwell it was 41.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼29.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼37.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.43 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 9.8 | +4.1 |
| Sixth form college | 2.3 | — |
| Further education | 67.9 | −2.6 |
| Other education | 0.5 | −1.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.3 | −1.9 |
| Employment | 2.8 | +0.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7 | −4.9 |
| Activity not captured | 6.5 | +3.9 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Wodensborough Ormiston Academy on 25 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 25 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective - Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Jan 2020Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (41 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Positive
- 85%
- Replies
- 41
- 4% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on 10 parents (24%) whose child was bullied
based on 15 parents (37%) with SEND