Erasmus Darwin Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Burntwood, WS7 3QW
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Brownhills Ormiston Academy
Deakin Avenue, Brownhills, Walsall, WS8 7QG
Local ranking14th of 19 secondary schools in Walsall
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
955
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 9 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 119
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 744
- Boys
- 368 (47%)
- Girls
- 410 (53%)
- Capacity
- 955 (81% full)
- SEND
- 20.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 50.8%
- EAL
- 2.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.2%
- SEN Support
- 15.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,662/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
- 9.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.8%
- White Other: 3.6%
- Black African: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.7%
- Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- White Irish: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
84.8%
White British
3.6%
White Other
2.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Deakin Avenue
Walsall, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 147796
- UKPRN
- 10085832
- Establishment No.
- 4057
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
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