Bristnall Hall Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,088 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
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Oldbury Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,193of 1,550 places
- Free school meals
- 53.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 285
- Ofsted
- Good, 7 December 2021Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Oldbury College of Sport (URN 104011, until 1 December 2011).
What the data says
Oldbury Academy has no sixth form. Of the 285 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 13% moved to a sixth form college, 66% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.4 against 46.1 across England and 41.8 in Sandwell, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 1% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in German and Spanish and French add up to 13% of the year group, and 17% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
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 Sandwell and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Oldbury Academy | Sandwell | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 285 | 4,267 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 25% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 13% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 66% | 54% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Oldbury Academy | Sandwell | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.4 | 41.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 34% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% | 56% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 17% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.26 | 3.60 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 53% | 40% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 31.7 | 35.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.9 | 46.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 45% | 28% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 284 | 100% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 58% |
| English Language | 283 | 99% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 48% |
| English Literature | 280 | 98% | 86% | 14% | 21% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 251 | 88% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 42% |
| History | 143 | 50% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 39% |
| Geography | 115 | 40% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 32% |
| Computer Science | 36 | 13% | 13% | 8% | 30% | 61% |
| Fine Art | 35 | 12% | 9% | 26% | 28% | 77% |
| German | 33 | 12% | 5% | 15% | 33% | 76% |
| Biology | 32 | 11% | 23% | 47% | 45% | 91% |
| Physics | 29 | 10% | 23% | 45% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 10% | 23% | 55% | 47% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 27 | 9% | 31% | 19% | 32% | 48% |
| Italian | 6 | 2% | 0% | 50% | 53% | 100% |
| Punjabi | 5 | 2% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Spanish | 3 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 2 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Business Studies | 1 | 0% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
| French | 1 | 0% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Design and Technology | 1 | 0% | 11% | — | 23% | — |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 1 | 0% | 8% | — | 21% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 115 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 62 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 54 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 49 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 36 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 21 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 19 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 19 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 13 | — | — |
| Tourism | 1 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 1 | — | — |
Where Oldbury Academy is
Other secondary schools in Sandwell are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Sandwell’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Sandwell
George Salter Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,377 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.6
Gospel Oak School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,140 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 32.8
Holly Lodge High School College of Science
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,636 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1
Ormiston Forge Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,643 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,139 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.3
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.