Secondary
Walsall Studio School
14a Lower Hall Lane, The Goldmine Centre, Walsall, WS1 1RL
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Studio schools
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 206 of 300 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 10.5
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE MERCIAN TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 24.9
- Pupils per adult
- 7.2
- Pupils
- 179
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 March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- 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 inspections1
September 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
9%
30 points below the Walsall average (39% across 20 schools)
26.9
16.9 below the Walsall average (43.8 across 20 schools)
18th 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 | 26.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.06 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 31% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 9% |
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 | 24% |
| 22/23 | 17% |
| 23/24 | 4% |
| 24/25 | 9% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.58 |
| 22/23 | -1.21 |
| 23/24 | -1.09 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.6 |
| 22/23 | 35.5 |
| 23/24 | 28.2 |
| 24/25 | 26.9 |
14a Lower Hall Lane, The Goldmine Centre, Walsall, WS1 1RL
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
- Headteacher
- Krissi Carter
- Address
- 14a Lower Hall Lane, The Goldmine Centre, Walsall, WS1 1RL
- Telephone
- 01922211292