Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall

In 2026, pupils at Queen Mary's Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 72.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.9 in Walsall and 47 across England.

94% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Walsall and 47% in England.

That is down from 74.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.6: 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 66.9, against 74.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Chemistry, Biology and Physics.

Queen Mary's Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 367 families put Queen Mary's Grammar School as their first choice and 803 named it as one of their preferences, for 178 places offered. That is 2.1 first choices for every place. 232 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Queen Mary's Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Queen Mary's Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Walsall's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Walsall has 2 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Queen Mary's Grammar School are Blue Coat Church of England Academy (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.5); Walsall Studio School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 32.8); Queen Mary's High School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 74.1); and Joseph Leckie Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.9).

Queen Mary's Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Queen Mary's Grammar School is one of 12 schools run by The Mercian Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

Of the 150 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 98% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 5% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 231 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 69% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 8% into work. 39% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 51 pupils (3.6%) received SEN support and 11 (0.8%) 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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Walsall Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Queen Mary's Grammar School (opposite), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 465 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Walsall (297), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Queen Mary's Grammar School issued 51 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Queen Mary's Grammar School are St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School (0.4 miles), Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School (0.4 miles) and Chuckery Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.