Shireland CBSO Academy, West Bromwich

Ofsted's report card from its 15 September 2026 inspection grades Shireland CBSO Academy on 7 areas: 5 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have ensured that attendance is everyone's responsibility."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have developed a well-designed curriculum."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders are ambitious for all pupils."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders are highly ambitious for the academy."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have developed a clear and coherent personal development programme."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils gain the knowledge and skills they need to progress well through the curriculum."

Post-16 provision - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a strong ‘stand up, stand out' ethos in the academy's small but growing sixth form."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils continue to develop the knowledge and skills they need to achieve well in national tests and examinations"; "Leaders should ensure strong standards of inclusion are sustained over time so that the barriers pupils face to their learning and/or wellbeing are reduced exceptionally well to ensure highly positive outcomes and experiences for these pupils".

Coming up: an admissions event on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

For September 2026 entry, 113 families put Shireland CBSO Academy as their first choice and 408 named it as one of their preferences, for 140 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Shireland CBSO Academy are Shireland Biomedical Utc (0.2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 40.3); George Salter Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.5); West Bromwich Collegiate Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 48.4); and The Phoenix Collegiate (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.9).

Shireland CBSO Academy is one of 12 schools run by Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43 in 2024/25.

44.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 32.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (30%), Asian (27%) and Black (16%).

Shireland CBSO Academy had 26 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Lodge Road (West Midlands Metro), about 580 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Summerfield Avenue (after), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Shireland CBSO Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Shireland CBSO Academy issued 32 suspensions, 10.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Shireland CBSO Academy are Hargate Primary School (0.1 miles), King George V Primary School (0.4 miles), Lodge Primary School (0.5 miles) and Eaton Valley Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.