Erasmus Darwin Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Burntwood, WS7 3QW
- Distance
- 1.7km away
Chase Terrace Academy
Bridge Cross Road, Chase Terrace, Burntwood, WS7 2DB
Local ranking40th of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1411
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 29 April 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 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
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 206
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 56.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
69
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 15.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 150
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1230
- Boys
- 556 (47%)
- Girls
- 616 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1411 (83% full)
- SEND
- 13.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.9%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,560/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
- 9.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- White Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- White Irish: 0.5%
- Asian Chinese: 0.4%
- Black Caribbean: 0.4%
93.4%
White British
1.4%
Mixed White & Asian
1.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Bridge Cross Road
Burntwood, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 143899
- UKPRN
- 10062362
- Establishment No.
- 4178
- Trust
- JOHN TAYLOR MAT
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