West Bromwich Collegiate Academy, West Bromwich

In 2026, pupils at West Bromwich Collegiate Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.2 in Sandwell and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 37% in Sandwell and 47% in England.

That is up from 45.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.05: 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 46.8, against 49.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 2.4 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 205 families put West Bromwich Collegiate Academy as their first choice and 598 named it as one of their preferences, for 151 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 78 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to West Bromwich Collegiate Academy are Shireland Biomedical Utc (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 40.3); Shireland CBSO Academy (1 mile); Holly Lodge High School College of Science (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 38.5); and George Salter Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.5).

West Bromwich Collegiate Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 2 of them.

West Bromwich Collegiate 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.

Of the 166 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 65% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

38.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 44.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (47%), Mixed (18%) and White British (17%).

In 2026, 77 pupils (9.9%) received SEN support and 38 (4.9%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Sandwell & Dudley Rail Station, about 580 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Caroline Street (opposite), 300 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 482 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Sandwell (306), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, West Bromwich Collegiate Academy issued 53 suspensions, 6.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to West Bromwich Collegiate Academy are Lyng Primary School (0.2 miles), St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles), Christ Church Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles) and Lodge Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.