Secondary
Ormiston Forge Academy
Wrights Lane, Cradley Heath, B64 6QU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1643 of 1950 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 109.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 161.4
- Pupils per adult
- 10.4
- Pupils
- 1,686
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 April 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
31%
39.7
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.34 |
| Entered the EBacc | 20% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% |
| A level average points per entry | 27.56 |
| A level students | 55 |
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 | 32% |
| 22/23 | 30% |
| 23/24 | 31% |
| 24/25 | 31% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35.2 |
| 22/23 | 30.1 |
| 23/24 | 29.4 |
| 24/25 | 27.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.20 |
| 22/23 | -0.15 |
| 23/24 | -0.32 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.6 |
| 22/23 | 40.7 |
| 23/24 | 40.0 |
| 24/25 | 39.7 |
Wrights Lane, Cradley Heath, B64 6QU
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.
Sandwell 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
- Lisa Mason
- Address
- Wrights Lane, Cradley Heath, B64 6QU
- Telephone
- 01384566598