Shire Oak Academy
Lichfield Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS9 9PA
Local ranking18th of 20 secondary schools in Walsall
Secondary
Phase
1491
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 35.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 25.8%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 41.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 3.3%
- EBacc APS
- 2.9
- Cohort Size
- 244
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 47.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.7
Avg Points/Entry
34.1
Best 3 A-Levels
67
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 22.2%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 25.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 139
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1297
- Boys
- 647 (50%)
- Girls
- 650 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1491 (87% full)
- SEND
- 15.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 40.9%
- EAL
- 8.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,719/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 15.3%
- Persistent Absence
- 43.4%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 76.4%
- Asian Indian: 3.5%
- White Other: 3.0%
- Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.8%
- Black Caribbean: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.6%
76.4%
White British
3.5%
Asian Indian
3.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136620
- UKPRN
- 10033334
- Establishment No.
- 5402
- Trust
- THE MERCIAN TRUST