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Bloxwich Academy

All-through · Walsall · WS2 7NR

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 10 February 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

1,383 pupils · 92% of 1,500 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
64.1% of pupils
English as additional language
9.9% of pupils
SEN support
12% of pupils
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.bloxwichacademy.co.uk
URN
137274

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

44 places offered · 43 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.77 first-choice applications per place

180 places offered · 139 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
75%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

186 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
32.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
39.8%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
24.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C-
26.1
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
12.3%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
35.5%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
13.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

72% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£9,162
Typical all-through school£7,730

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
82%
Continuing in education
79%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
41%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
14%
Any sustained destination
59%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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