Secondary
Shireland Biomedical Utc
350 High Street, West Bromwich, B70 8DJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- University technical college
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 520 of 600 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- SHIRELAND COLLEGIATE ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 19.0
- Pupils per adult
- 16.6
- Pupils
- 316
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 November 2023
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- 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
February 2020
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| A level average points per entry | 26.83 |
| A level students | 27 |
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 | 21% |
| 22/23 | 34% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.5 |
| 22/23 | 23.3 |
| 23/24 | 23.7 |
| 24/25 | 26.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.67 |
| 22/23 | -0.32 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36.8 |
| 22/23 | 40.3 |
350 High Street, West Bromwich, B70 8DJ
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
- Headteacher
- Gulfam Shahzad
- Address
- 350 High Street, West Bromwich, B70 8DJ
- Telephone
- 01218281123