Secondary
Shire Oak Academy
Lichfield Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS9 9PA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1149 of 1491 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- Yes
- Trust
- THE MERCIAN TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 81.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 118.4
- Pupils per adult
- 12.0
- Pupils
- 1,425
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationInadequate
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
April 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
June 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
26%
13 points below the Walsall average (39% across 20 schools)
35.0
8.8 below the Walsall average (43.8 across 20 schools)
20th of 20 by our score, among the secondary schools in Walsall we can score - 24 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.9 |
| Entered the EBacc | 3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 42% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.68 |
| A level students | 67 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38% |
| 22/23 | 35% |
| 23/24 | 26% |
| 24/25 | 26% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 30.0 |
| 22/23 | 27.9 |
| 23/24 | 25.6 |
| 24/25 | 28.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.47 |
| 22/23 | -0.81 |
| 23/24 | -1.01 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.2 |
| 22/23 | 38.7 |
| 23/24 | 35.3 |
| 24/25 | 35.0 |
Lichfield Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS9 9PA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Walsall admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Matthew Everett
- Address
- Lichfield Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS9 9PA
- Telephone
- 01543452518