Shire Oak Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F25
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Walsall, WS9 9PA
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy
Broad Way, High Heath, Walsall, WS4 1BW
Local ranking12th of 19 secondary schools in Walsall
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1830
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 25 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 233
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 54.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 18.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
31.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
34
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 6.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 184
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1437
- Boys
- 756 (53%)
- Girls
- 663 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1830 (78% full)
- SEND
- 25.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 46.5%
- EAL
- 6.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 20.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 89.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,883/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
- 9.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.3%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.0%
- Black African: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Black Caribbean: 1.1%
82.6%
White British
3.3%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
2.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Broad Way
Walsall, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 135769
- UKPRN
- 10025559
- Establishment No.
- 6906
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
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