Secondary
Blue Coat Church of England Academy
Birmingham Street, Walsall, WS1 2ND
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 972 of 900 places
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- BLUE COAT CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY (WALSALL) TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lichfield
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2023
Good
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
18%
37.4
12th 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 | 37.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.06 |
| Entered the EBacc | 16% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% |
| A level average points per entry | 25.14 |
| A level students | 42 |
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 | 28% |
| 22/23 | 28% |
| 23/24 | 38% |
| 24/25 | 18% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 24.9 |
| 22/23 | 24.3 |
| 23/24 | 21.3 |
| 24/25 | 25.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.52 |
| 22/23 | -0.13 |
| 23/24 | +0.02 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36.4 |
| 22/23 | 39.9 |
| 23/24 | 41.0 |
| 24/25 | 37.4 |
Birmingham Street, Walsall, WS1 2ND
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
- David Smith
- Address
- Birmingham Street, Walsall, WS1 2ND
- Telephone
- 01922720558