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Shireland Biomedical Utc

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · University technical college

350 High Street, West Bromwich B70 8DJ · sbmutc.org.uk · 0121 828 1123

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
GCSEs, 2022/23
40.3
average Attainment 8 score. Sandwell 42.5, England 46.3
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Sandwell Council
Demand for places
0.7
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
520
87% of 600 places
Local authority
Sandwell
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
52.3%
First language not English
54.4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust

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, 67 families put the school first and 103 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: 0 (Places 47)0September 2023: 24 (Places 108)24September 2024: 41 (Places 82)41September 2025: 55 (Places 104)55September 2026: 67 (Places 103)67Places 103
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026103670.7100%
September 2025Sept 2025104550.5100%
September 2024Sept 202482410.5100%
September 2023Sept 2023108240.2100%
September 2022Sept 20224700—

Results

In 2022/23 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.3, and 34.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sandwell it was 42.5, and across England 46.3.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (26.8 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: 34.8 (England 46.3)34.82017/18: 35.6 (England 46.5)35.62018/19: 38.9 (England 46.7)38.92021/22: 36.8 (England 48.8)36.82022/23: 40.3 (England 46.3)40.3England 46.3
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
n/a46
n/a45.4%
n/a64.8%
n/a40.5%
n/a4.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/23
Left in 2022/23Since 2021/22
School sixth form44.7+13.7
Sixth form college2.6−0.8
Further education42.1−9.6
Employment2.6—
Not in a lasting destination5.3−1.6
Activity not captured2.6+0.9

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published16/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 14.6 (England 31.1)E+2017/18: 10.0 (England 32.1)E2018/19: 22.9 (England 32.9)D+2021/22: 31.5 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 23.3 (England 34.2)D+2023/24: 23.7 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 26.8 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
27 studentsC- (26.8)Average -0.17
27 studentsC- (26.8)Average -0.17
30 studentsDist- (33)Average +0.04
13.3%AAB or better
100%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2411D+ (23.7)-0.36
2022/236D+ (23.3)—
2021/2215C (31.5)—
2018/1948D+ (22.9)-0.36
2017/1855E (10)-1.09
2016/1746E+ (14.6)-0.86

Where sixth-form leavers went

2016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University61.3−1.7
Further education3.2−1.2
Apprenticeship6.5+4.3
Employment12.9−2.3
Not in a lasting destination9.7−3.3
Activity not captured6.5+4.3

Ofsted

Shireland Biomedical Utc was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 28 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
28 Nov 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2020

Other inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jun 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Feb 2020Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
  • May 2018Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesInadequate
    SafeguardingEffective

What parents said

66% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
66%
Replies
32
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▼75% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●91% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼69% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼63% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼65% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼50% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼54% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼69% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼66% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼53% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼59% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 59% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼19% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 31% who had a child bullied

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