Cheslyn Hay Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Walsall, WS6 7JQ
- Distance
- 1.7km away
Great Wyrley Academy
Hall Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, WS6 6LQ
Local ranking32nd of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1119
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 11 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 84
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 78.0%
- Higher education
- 37.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 19.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
6
A-Level Students
- 16-18 Cohort
- 28
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 573
- Boys
- 303 (50%)
- Girls
- 303 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1119 (54% full)
- SEND
- 19.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.0%
- EAL
- 2.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 15.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,141/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
- 10.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 88.8%
- Black Caribbean: 2.3%
- Black African: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- White Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
88.8%
White British
2.3%
Black Caribbean
2.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hall Lane
Walsall, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 144988
- UKPRN
- 10066064
- Establishment No.
- 4015
- Trust
- WINDSOR ACADEMY TRUST
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