Oldbury Academy is a secondary school located in Oldbury. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 06/12/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.9%, which is 1.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Pound Road, Oldbury

School Information

Address: Pound Road, Oldbury, B68 8NE
Website: http://oldburyacademy.co.uk/
Telephone: 01215333750
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Sandwell
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Philip Shackleton
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137701

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 06/12/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1550
Number of Pupils: 1400
Number of Boys: 715
Number of Girls: 685

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 17% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.2 Confidence interval -0.34 to -0.05
Of the 302 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 291 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:37%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:30%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:42.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.6
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Causeway Green Primary School
Penncricket Lane, B68 8LX 		701 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School
Moat Road, B68 8ED 		713 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Moat Farm Junior School
Brookfields Road, B68 9QR 		891 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Moat Farm Infant School
Brookfields Road, B68 9QR 		891 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Bleakhouse Primary School
Bleakhouse Road, B68 9DS 		997 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Oldbury Academy
Pound Road, B68 8NE 		0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4Q3 Academy Langley
Moat Road, B68 8ED 		895 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4Bristnall Hall Academy
Bristnall Hall Lane, B68 9PA 		1,307 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
- not ratedPerryfields Academy
Oldacre Road, B68 0RG 		1,565 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Holly Lodge High School College of Science
Holly Lane, B67 7JG 		2,713 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4The Orchard School
Causeway Green Road, B68 8LD 		858 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
- not ratedAl Khair Primary School
61/63 Oak Way Green, Off Causeway Green Road B68 8LR 		875 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4The Primrose Centre
Throne Road, B65 9JP 		1,795 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4Halesbury School
Feldon Lane, B62 9DR 		2,060 yd Foundation special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4The Westminster School
Hawes Lane, B65 9AL 		3,009 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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