Blue Coat Church of England Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Walsall
Birmingham Street, Walsall, WS1 2ND
59
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
78%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.2%
28.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
972
Capacity used
Over capacity108%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
78%
1st preference success rate
115 of 148 families who put it first got an offer
149
Places offered
411
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 148 | 115 | ● 78% |
| 2nd preference | 106 | 25 | ● 24% |
| 3rd preference | 83 | 6 | ● 7% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 74 | 3 | ● 4% |
| Total | 411 | 149 | 36% |
1st preference success by year
Walsall lets families list 5 preferences. 12 applications came from outside the council area (1 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
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Headteacher
- David Smith
- Address
- Birmingham Street, Walsall, WS1 2ND
- Phone
- 01922720558
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Ward / constituency
- St Matthew's · Walsall and Bloxwich
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138606
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 60% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 64% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: BLUE COAT CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY (WALSALL) TRUST
972 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
25 January 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 824 pupils
Attendance
91.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
28.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.6%
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 | 41.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.02 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 38% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 59% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.23 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 21.26 | — | — |
Average grade: D (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 37.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 18.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 40.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 15.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.06 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 154 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 25.14 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 7.1% | 17% |
| A-level students | 42 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 154 | 4% | 23% | 45% | |
| English Language | 153 | 9% | 36% | 57% | |
| Religious Studies | 153 | 10% | 42% | 61% | |
| English Literature | 153 | 12% | 47% | 65% | |
| Combined Science | 97 | 0% | 9% | 21% | |
| History | 82 | 6% | 38% | 44% | |
| Business | 62 | 3% | 8% | 15% | |
| Biology | 57 | 9% | 30% | 56% | |
| Physics | 57 | 9% | 32% | 58% | |
| Chemistry | 57 | 9% | 32% | 56% | |
| Geography | 36 | 14% | 42% | 64% | |
| French | 25 | 16% | 48% | 64% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology | 16 | 0% | 6% | 19% | |
| History | 14 | 0% | 0% | 14% | |
| Religious Studies | 9 | 0% | 11% | 22% | |
| Biology | 8 | 0% | 13% | 25% | |
| Psychology | 8 | 0% | 0% | 25% | |
| Mathematics | 7 | 0% | 14% | 57% | |
| Chemistry | 6 | 0% | 33% | 33% | |
| Geography | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Computer Science | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Urdu | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #352 of 1,857 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12736: Blue Coat Church of England Academy, Walsall
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 56% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 2% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 64% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
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 Walsall 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.