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Brownhills Ormiston Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 778of 955 places
- Free school meals
- 52.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 123
- Ofsted
- Some aspects not as strong, 9 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Brownhills School (URN 104248, until 1 April 2020).
What the data says
Brownhills Ormiston Academy has no sixth form. Of the 129 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 71% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.1 against 46.1 across England and 43.0 in Walsall, with 34% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 21% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 2% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Brownhills Ormiston Academy | Walsall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 129 | 3,611 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 16% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 71% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Brownhills Ormiston Academy | Walsall | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.1 | 43.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 14% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.18 | 3.77 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 53% | 40% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.4 | 34.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.2 | 48.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 21% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 123 | 100% | 89% | 2% | 20% | 55% |
| Mathematics | 123 | 100% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 59% |
| English Literature | 120 | 98% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 63% |
| Combined Science | 95 | 77% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 39% |
| Geography | 66 | 54% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 47% |
| History | 65 | 53% | 41% | 3% | 26% | 31% |
| Fine Art | 26 | 21% | 9% | 23% | 28% | 92% |
| Chemistry | 25 | 20% | 23% | 12% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 25 | 20% | 23% | 4% | 46% | 96% |
| Biology | 25 | 20% | 23% | 20% | 45% | 96% |
| Music | 15 | 12% | 5% | 27% | 33% | 87% |
| French | 14 | 11% | 18% | 21% | 29% | 79% |
| Polish | 5 | 4% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Business Studies | 2 | 2% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 53 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 23 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 23 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 17 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 13 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 1 | — | — |
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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.