Ormiston Sandwell Community 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 are good. The school inspection was carried out on 30/04/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Lower City Road, Oldbury, B69 2HE
Website: http://www.ormistonsandwell.org.uk/
Telephone: 01215525501
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Sandwell
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Faye Cutler
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 135979

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 30/04/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1100
Number of Pupils: 1086
Number of Boys: 569
Number of Girls: 517

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3% 4%
Persistent absence: 7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.04 Confidence interval -0.15 to 0.23
Of the 188 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 177 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:47%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:92%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:29%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.73
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Tividale Community Primary School
Dudley Road West , Tividale B69 2HT
4out of 4 667 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Grace Mary Primary School
Hawfield Road , Tividale B69 1LD
4out of 4 1,066 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Oakham Primary School
Darbys Hill Road , Tividale B69 1SG
4out of 4 1,115 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Rounds Green Primary School
Brades Road , B69 2DP
- not rated 1,239 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Rounds Green Primary School
Brades Road , B69 2DP
2out of 4 1,239 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy
Lower City Road , B69 2HE
3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
West Bromwich Collegiate Academy
Kelvin Way , B70 7LE
- not rated 2,720 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
George Salter Academy
Davey Road , B70 9UW
3out of 4 2,794 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Q3 Academy Tipton
Alexandra Road , DY4 7NR
1out of 4 2,814 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Michael's CE High School
Curral Road , B65 9AN
3out of 4 3,246 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Dudley College of Technology
The Broadway , DY1 4AS
- not rated 3,268 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Meadows School
The Meadows School, Dudley Road East , Sandwell B69 3BU
3out of 4 768 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Impact Independent School
102 -104 Birmingham Road , Dudley DY1 4RF
- not rated 1,887 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Dudley Port School
Dudley Port School , station drive DY4 7QR
- not rated 1,907 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Compass Community School Victoria Park
Victoria Road , Tipton DY4 8SB
- not rated 2,430 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Primrose Centre
Throne Road , B65 9JP
3out of 4 2,801 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.