Bloxwich Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D42
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Walsall, WS2 7NR
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Willenhall E-ACT Academy
Furzebank Way, Willenhall, WV12 4BD
Local ranking16th of 19 secondary schools in Walsall
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
950
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 13 May 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 13 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 32.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 21.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 37.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 196
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1057
- Boys
- 590 (53%)
- Girls
- 516 (47%)
- Capacity
- 950 (116% full)
- SEND
- 26.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 50.6%
- EAL
- 20.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 22.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,166/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
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.1% 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: 58.8%
- Asian Indian: 11.3%
- Black African: 9.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.8%
- White Other: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
58.8%
White British
11.3%
Asian Indian
9.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Furzebank Way
Willenhall, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137706
- UKPRN
- 10036070
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- E-ACT
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