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Q3 Academy Langley
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Moat Road, Oldbury B68 8ED · q3langley.org.uk · 0121 516 7070
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 51.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Sandwell 41.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.17 mi
- 1.88 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Sandwell Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,490
- 99% of 1,500 places
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 33.8%
- First language not English
- 23%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Mercian Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.17 mi (1.88 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 1.23 mi (1.98 km). Source: Sandwell Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 344 families put the school first and 292 places were offered; 76% 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 | 292 | 344 | 1.2▲ | 76% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 292 | 345 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 295 | 400 | 1.4▲ | 68% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 293 | 345 | 1.2▲ | 75% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 295 | 343 | 1.2▲ | 76% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.17 mi1.88 km | |
| September 2025 | 1.23 mi1.98 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.83 mi1.34 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 51.8, and 50% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲51.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲50.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲73.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲74.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.87 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 11 | −1.2 |
| Sixth form college | 27.4 | +2.5 |
| Further education | 49.4 | −2.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.8 | +1.3 |
| Employment | 1.7 | −0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.1 | +0.5 |
| Activity not captured | 1.7 | 0 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 11 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Q3 Academy Langley was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 10 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (151 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 151
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 58% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (14%) with SEND