Pool Hayes Academy, Willenhall

In 2026, pupils at Pool Hayes Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 36.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.9 in Walsall and 47 across England.

23% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Walsall and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 37.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.43: pupils made below 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 30.4, against 41.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Spanish and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 128 families put Pool Hayes Academy as their first choice and 319 named it as one of their preferences, for 241 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Pool Hayes Academy are Coppice Performing Arts School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.7); Wednesfield Academy (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 46.5); Willenhall E-ACT Academy (1.1 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 32.7); and Bloxwich Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 32.9).

Pool Hayes Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Pool Hayes 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 185 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 52% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 42 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 41% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 29% into work. 3% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

42.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 12.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (73%), Asian (13%) and Mixed (8%).

Pool Hayes Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 8 places, 7 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Willenhall Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Spread Eagle (opposite), 280 metres away.

In 2024/25, Pool Hayes Academy issued 635 suspensions, 55.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Pool Hayes Academy are Pool Hayes Primary School (0.2 miles), Perry Hall Primary School (0.5 miles), Oak Meadow Primary School (0.7 miles) and New Invention Infant School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.