Windsor Olympus Academy, Birmingham

Ofsted's report card from its 30 June 2026 inspection grades Windsor Olympus Academy on 6 areas: 2 strong standard, 3 expected standard and 1 needs attention. 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 and staff make attendance a high priority."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Personal development and wellbeing is a high priority for leaders."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils typically achieve well across the curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have prioritised inclusion in this school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are committed to creating an environment of high aspirations for all their pupils."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The implementation of the ambitious and well-planned curriculum is variable."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders need to ensure that the curriculum is implemented consistently well across all subjects and that any adaptations in teaching take account of the needs of pupils with complex needs"; "Leaders need to ensure that teaching addresses any gaps in pupils' learning so that they secure the essential knowledge and skills to achieve well"; "Leaders need to ensure that as the school grows, leadership at all levels makes a consistently positive contribution to pupils' outcomes and experiences".

In its own words: "We recognise that every child is full of potential and we strive to unleash that potential. We must realise the particular challenges, needs, skills and talents of all of our community and ensure that challenges are overcome, needs met, skills developed and talents nurtured. We focus on both academic and personal development."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Now in our third year, we are immensely proud of how our students, staff and community have continued to shape Windsor Olympus Academy into a vibrant, ambitious and inclusive school. What began as a vision is now a confident and flourishing reality."

For September 2026 entry, 128 families put Windsor Olympus Academy as their first choice and 301 named it as one of their preferences, for 179 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 Windsor Olympus Academy are Holyhead School (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.6); King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (0.6 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 71.3); King Edward VI Handsworth School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 76.2); and King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy (1.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 46.4).

Windsor Olympus 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.

69.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 51.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (36%), Black (32%) and Mixed (14%).

In 2026, 83 pupils (15.6%) received SEN support and 6 (1.1%) 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.

Windsor Olympus Academy had 30 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 Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro), about 210 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Willes Road (opposite), 240 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 769 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Sandwell (306), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Windsor Olympus Academy issued 178 suspensions, 49.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Windsor Olympus Academy are James Watt Primary School (0.2 miles), Oasis Academy Boulton (0.3 miles), Oasis Academy Foundry (0.3 miles) and Oasis Academy Benson (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.