Great Wyrley Academy, Walsall

In its own words: "It’s an exciting time to join Great Wyrley Academy. Our school has progressed significantly in the past few years with increases in exam results and progress, the investment in new facilities and the development of a culture of high aspirations and success. Helping students achieve academic success and full their personal potential drives everything that we do."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Great Wyrley Academy - a school where every student is known, valued and supported to achieve their very best. Our school motto, “Relentlessly Pursuing Excellence”, reflects our commitment to ensuring every student is challenged, inspired and empowered to fulfil their potential."

In 2026, pupils at Great Wyrley Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.7 in Staffordshire and 47 across England.

37% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Staffordshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 39 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.08: pupils made about 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 31.1, against 49.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 18 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 129 families put Great Wyrley Academy as their first choice and 344 named it as one of their preferences, for 148 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 6 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Great Wyrley Academy are Cheslyn Hay Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.5); Cannock Chase High School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); Cardinal Griffin Catholic College (2.2 miles, Attainment 8 38.3); and Norton Canes High School (2.4 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 43.5).

Great Wyrley Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Great Wyrley Academy is one of 15 schools run by Windsor Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 96 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 52% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 20 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 15% went on to university or other higher education, 40% to apprenticeships and 35% into work. 4% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

3.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Landywood Rail Station, about 1030 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Darges Lane (adjacent), 100 metres away.

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

In 2024/25, Great Wyrley Academy issued 311 suspensions, 54.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Great Wyrley Academy are Moat Hall Primary Academy (0.2 miles), St Thomas More Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Glenthorne Community Primary School (0.5 miles) and Bridgtown Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.