Secondary schools in Walsall
16 secondary schools in Walsall, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings. All-through schools, which take pupils from 4 to 18, are listed on both the primary and the secondary page for their town.
Walsall in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 15 schools in Walsall first 3,256 times for 2,987 places: 1.09 first choices per place. 7 of the 15 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 5 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.19 miles (Barr Beacon School) to 4.04 miles (Brownhills Ormiston Academy).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Queen Mary's Grammar School
- Queen Mary's High School
- Aldridge School - A Science College
- Barr Beacon School
- Blue Coat Church of England Academy
- Great Wyrley Academy
- Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic College
- Walsall Studio School
- West Walsall E-ACT Academy
- Cheslyn Hay Academy
- Joseph Leckie Academy
- Walsall Academy
- Bloxwich Academy
- Shire Oak Academy
- Brownhills Ormiston Academy
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Browse by authority: Staffordshire · Walsall · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.