Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Sandwell
Lower City Road, Oldbury, B69 2HE
57
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
97%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.4%
28.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,139
Capacity used
Over capacity104%
1,100 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
97%
1st preference success rate
201 of 207 families who put it first got an offer
237
Places offered
347
Total applications
1.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 207 | 201 | ● 97% |
| 2nd preference | 63 | 25 | ● 40% |
| 3rd preference | 36 | 5 | ● 14% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 41 | 6 | ● 15% |
| Total | 347 | 237 | 68% |
1st preference success by year
Sandwell lets families list 6 preferences. 34 applications came from outside the council area (17 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Pete McKinniss
- Address
- Lower City Road, Oldbury, B69 2HE
- Phone
- 01215525501
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Ward / constituency
- Tividale · West Bromwich
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 135979
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 34% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 20% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
1,139 pupils · 1,100 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
25 October 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,208 pupils
Attendance
91.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
28.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 39.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.38 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 33% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 49% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.48 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 37.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 59.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.43 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 233 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 231 | 22% | 57% | 71% | |
| Mathematics | 230 | 15% | 38% | 63% | |
| English Literature | 222 | 32% | 68% | 76% | |
| Combined Science | 171 | 3% | 23% | 42% | |
| History | 111 | 13% | 33% | 40% | |
| Geography | 106 | 20% | 44% | 55% | |
| Art and Design | 79 | 15% | 61% | 77% | |
| Biology | 59 | 17% | 66% | 83% | |
| Physics | 56 | 21% | 55% | 71% | |
| Chemistry | 55 | 27% | 67% | 91% | |
| Religious Studies | 30 | 27% | 57% | 80% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 29 | 0% | 10% | 31% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Sandwell council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.