Bristnall Hall Academy, Oldbury

In 2026, pupils at Bristnall Hall Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.2 in Sandwell and 47 across England.

50% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 37% in Sandwell and 47% in England.

That is up from 48.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.59: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 43.3, against 56.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Spanish and History.

For September 2026 entry, 249 families put Bristnall Hall Academy as their first choice and 835 named it as one of their preferences, for 188 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 76 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bristnall Hall Academy are Q3 Academy Langley (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.4); Oldbury Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.5); Holly Lodge High School College of Science (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 38.5); and Shireland Collegiate Academy (1.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 45.7).

Bristnall Hall Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Bristnall Hall Academy is one of 21 schools run by Academy Transformation Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40 in 2024/25.

Of the 192 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 65% to a further education college and 2% to an apprenticeship.

38.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 155 pupils (14.2%) received SEN support and 97 (8.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

Bristnall Hall Academy has a resourced provision for autism: 39 places, 39 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Langley Green Rail Station, about 1150 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

20 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bristnall Hall School (adjacent), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bristnall Hall Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Bristnall Hall Academy issued 102 suspensions, 9.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bristnall Hall Academy are Moat Farm Infant School (0.2 miles), Moat Farm Junior School (0.2 miles), Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles) and Annie Lennard Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.