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Perryfields Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy

Oldacre Road, Oldbury B68 0RG · perryfieldsacademy.co.uk · 0121 421 7979

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Overview

Ofsted
Concerns
Ungraded inspection · Jul 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
43.8
average Attainment 8 score. Sandwell 41.8, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Sandwell Council
Demand for places
0.6
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
682
57% of 1,200 places
Local authority
Sandwell
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
38.7%
First language not English
21.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Broadleaf Partnership 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, 58 families put the school first and 101 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: 79 (Places 124)79September 2023: 121 (Places 180)121September 2024: 59 (Places 126)59September 2025: 58 (Places 87)58September 2026: 58 (Places 101)58Places 101
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026101580.6100%
September 2025Sept 202587580.7100%
September 2024Sept 2024126590.5100%
September 2023Sept 20231801210.7100%
September 2022Sept 2022124790.6100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.8, and 38.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sandwell it was 41.8, and across England 46.

In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade D (20.7 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: 46.3 (England 46.3)46.32017/18: 42.4 (England 46.5)42.42018/19: 45.8 (England 46.7)45.82021/22: 46.8 (England 48.8)46.82022/23: 41.3 (England 46.3)41.32023/24: 39.1 (England 45.9)39.12024/25: 43.8 (England 46.0)43.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼43.846.0
▼38.5%45.4%
▼62.0%64.8%
▼30.5%40.5%
▼3.794.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 104012)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form8+2.3
Sixth form college13.3−4.3
Further education66.4+1.1
Apprenticeship2.2+0.6
Employment0.9−1.2
Not in a lasting destination5.8+0.1
Activity not captured3.5+1.4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/1818/192015/16: 24.6 (England 30.5)D+2016/17: 22.4 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 24.8 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 20.7 (England 32.9)DEngland 32.9
2018/19TrendAverage gradeProgress
17 studentsD (20.7)Below average -0.44
17 studentsD (20.7)Below average -0.44
11.1%AAB or better
84.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2017/1828D+ (24.8)-0.16
2016/1758D+ (22.4)-0.21
2015/1642D+ (24.6)-0.15

Published for the predecessor school (URN 104012)

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/19
Left in 2018/19Since 2016/17
University75+2
Other education17+15
Employment8+1

Published for the predecessor school (URN 104012)

Ofsted

At an ungraded inspection on 10 July 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Perryfields Academy was: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next.

Outcome
Concerns
Inspected
9 Jul 2024
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2018

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 104012), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2018Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104012)

  • Dec 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104012)

What parents said

46% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (72 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
46%
Replies
72
8% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▼60% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼64% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼52% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼55% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼54% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼35% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼62% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●89% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼82% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼36% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼41% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 87% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼47% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 53% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼19% agreeEngland 68%

based on 21 parents (29%) with SEND

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