Bristnall Hall Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,088 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
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Perryfields Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 682of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 38.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 200
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, 10 July 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Perryfields High School Specialist Maths and Computing College (URN 104012, until 1 May 2021).
What the data says
Perryfields Academy has no sixth form. Of the 221 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 9% moved to a sixth form college, 70% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Business Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 38% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.8 against 46.1 across England and 41.8 in Sandwell, with 39% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Perryfields Academy 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Perryfields Academy | Sandwell | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 221 | 4,267 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 25% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 9% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 70% | 54% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Perryfields Academy | Sandwell | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.8 | 41.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 34% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 56% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 31% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 | 3.60 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 32% | 40% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.6 | 35.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.8 | 46.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 30% | 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 | 198 | 99% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 65% |
| English Language | 197 | 99% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 76% |
| English Literature | 195 | 98% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 76% |
| Combined Science | 161 | 81% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 50% |
| Geography | 126 | 63% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 51% |
| Business Studies | 76 | 38% | 18% | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| History | 72 | 36% | 41% | 8% | 26% | 46% |
| Spanish | 52 | 26% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 65% |
| Religious Studies | 46 | 23% | 31% | 26% | 32% | 76% |
| Art and Design | 36 | 18% | 7% | 22% | 24% | 83% |
| Biology | 34 | 17% | 23% | 47% | 45% | 94% |
| Physics | 32 | 16% | 23% | 28% | 46% | 97% |
| Chemistry | 31 | 16% | 23% | 61% | 47% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 30 | 15% | 13% | 27% | 30% | 80% |
| Music | 10 | 5% | 5% | 10% | 33% | 30% |
| Arabic | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Chinese | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Italian | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| French | 2 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 2 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Turkish | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Sociology | 1 | 1% | 4% | — | 21% | — |
| Film Studies | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 20% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 61 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 51 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 49 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 44 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 20 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 16 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 1 | — | — |
| 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.