Community special school

Jane Lane School

Mixed · ages 7–16 · no sixth formWalsall, West Midlands · Walsall WS2 0JHSchool website
Pupils on roll
195of 175 places
Free school meals
55.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
21
Ofsted
Good, 24 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Jane Lane School has no sixth form. Of the 19 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 84% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Walsall and England.

Jane Lane School
Walsall
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureJane Lane SchoolWalsallEngland
Pupils in the cohort193,611607,348
Any sustained destination89%90%92%
Stayed in education89%85%86%
— school sixth form0%43%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college84%41%37%
— other education5%1%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%7%6%
Destination unknown11%4%3%

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Walsall

Barr Beacon School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,469 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.0

Bloxwich Academy

Academy sponsor led · 1,383 pupils

79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 32.9

Grace Academy Darlaston

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,059 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.2

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.