Grace Academy Darlaston
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Wednesbury, WS10 8QJ
- Distance
- 0.6km away
St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall
Darlaston Lane, Willenhall, WV14 7BL
Local ranking13th of 19 secondary schools in Walsall
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 11 October 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 239
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 59.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 17.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
93
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.9% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 23.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 246
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1461
- Boys
- 773 (53%)
- Girls
- 691 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (98% full)
- SEND
- 14.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 43.7%
- EAL
- 35.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 11.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 89.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,257/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 40.8%
- Asian Indian: 21.9%
- White Other: 10.1%
- Black African: 8.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.4%
- Black Caribbean: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.4%
- Mixed Other: 2.2%
40.8%
White British
21.9%
Asian Indian
10.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Darlaston Lane
Willenhall, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 104259
- UKPRN
- 10006262
- Establishment No.
- 5401
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