Academy sponsor led

Q3 Academy Langley

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · ChristianSandwell, West Midlands · Oldbury B68 8EDTrust: The Mercian TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,490of 1,500 places
Free school meals
33.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
242
Ofsted
Improved significantly, 11 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Q3 Academy Langley has no sixth form. Of the 231 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 26% moved to a sixth form college, 51% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.8 against 46.1 across England and 41.8 in Sandwell, with 50% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 38% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.

As an 11–16 school, Q3 Academy Langley is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.

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.

Q3 Academy Langley
Sandwell
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureQ3 Academy LangleySandwellEngland
Pupils in the cohort2314,267607,348
Any sustained destination94%90%92%
Stayed in education89%87%86%
— school sixth form11%25%34%
— sixth form college26%5%13%
— further education college51%54%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship3%2%3%
Employment1%2%3%
No sustained destination6%6%6%
Destination unknown4%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureQ3 Academy LangleySandwellEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)51.841.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths50%34%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths73%56%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects74%29%41%
EBacc average point score4.873.604.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort36%40%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils46.735.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils54.646.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language24%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Literature242100%86%23%21%79%
Mathematics242100%88%17%22%74%
English Language242100%89%17%20%81%
Citizenship Studies22995%3%13%19%64%
Combined Science20183%65%9%9%66%
Geography13957%41%26%25%70%
History11045%41%35%26%82%
Spanish9238%19%40%27%93%
French8636%18%29%29%76%
Business Studies7330%18%15%20%67%
Biology4117%23%66%45%95%
Physics3916%23%72%46%100%
Chemistry3916%23%56%47%100%
Religious Studies3916%31%38%32%64%
Computer Science3213%13%22%30%75%
Fine Art3113%9%42%28%100%
Photography198%6%26%19%100%
Chinese42%1%75%
Portuguese42%0%50%
Polish31%1%84%
Arabic21%1%47%
Italian21%0%53%
Turkish10%0%71%
Music10%5%33%
Russian10%0%87%
Punjabi10%0%48%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction60
Sports Studies48
Health Studies47
Hospitality / Catering Studies40
Small Business Management26
Childcare Skills24
Tourism22
Speech and Drama22
Music Technology (Electronic)22

Other secondary schools in Sandwell

Bristnall Hall Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,088 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1

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

Oldbury Academy

Academy converter · 1,193 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.4

Ormiston Forge Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,643 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7

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.