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West Bromwich Collegiate Academy

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSandwell, West Midlands · West Bromwich B70 7LETrust: Shireland Collegiate Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
774of 750 places
Free school meals
38.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
154
Ofsted
Good, 20 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where West Bromwich Collegiate Academy’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

German is unusually popular at GCSE: 67% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.3 against 46.1 across England and 41.8 in Sandwell, with 37% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolSandwellEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)45.341.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths37%34%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%56%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects73%29%41%
EBacc average point score4.233.604.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort34%40%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils37.635.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.246.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language40%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
Mathematics154100%88%15%22%62%
English Language154100%89%18%20%68%
English Literature14292%86%20%21%82%
Combined Science12380%65%10%9%46%
German10367%5%12%33%41%
Geography9662%41%21%25%57%
Business Studies6240%18%8%20%52%
History4831%41%35%26%75%
Design and Technology4127%11%2%23%63%
Fine Art3422%9%18%28%82%
Computer Science3019%13%13%30%63%
Chemistry2919%23%52%47%100%
Biology2919%23%41%45%97%
Physics2919%23%59%46%86%
Physical Education2114%11%24%24%43%
Religious Studies1510%31%7%32%67%
Music96%5%0%33%22%
Punjabi64%0%83%48%100%
Italian53%0%53%
Polish43%1%84%
Citizenship Studies11%3%19%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies45
Computer Appreciation / Introduction20
Speech and Drama13

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.