Blue Coat Church of England Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Walsall, WS1 2ND
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Walsall Studio School
14a Lower Hall Lane, The Goldmine Centre, Walsall, WS1 1RL
Local ranking18th of 19 secondary schools in Walsall
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
300
Capacity
14-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 25 March 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
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 26.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 8.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 31.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 58
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 75.0%
- Continued in education
- 71.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 64.0%
- Higher education
- 42.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 27.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 67
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 185
- Boys
- 54 (29%)
- Girls
- 131 (71%)
- Capacity
- 300 (62% full)
- SEND
- 22.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.8%
- EAL
- 2.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 19.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £11,524/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 18.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 54.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Studio schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 70.3%
- Black Caribbean: 7.6%
- Black African: 6.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.8%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Asian Indian: 2.2%
- Asian Other: 2.2%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.6%
70.3%
White British
7.6%
Black Caribbean
6.5%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
14a Lower Hall Lane
Walsall, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 139789
- UKPRN
- 10042313
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- THE MERCIAN TRUST
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