Oldbury Academy
Pound Road, Oldbury, B68 8NE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- STOUR VALE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Barry Morley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Stour Vale Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Smethwick
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,550
- Pupils on roll
- 1,193
- URN
- 137701
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215333750
About this school
Oldbury Academy is a secondary academy in Oldbury. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,193 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 285 | 301 | 285 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.2 | 40.8 | 37.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.08 -0.26 to +0.10 | -0.09 -0.27 to +0.08 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 35.9% | 31.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48% | 57.1% | 50.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 43% | 48.5% | 16.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Oldbury Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Sandwell average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39.2 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.8 | 35.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.4 | 34.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,362 |
| 2023/24 | 1,317 |
| 2024/25 | 1,341 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Oldbury Academy compares
Oldbury Academy ranked 17th of 19 secondary schools in Sandwell for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.4 | 8.6% | 53.4% | 1,193 | — |
| Q3 Academy Langley | 51.8 | 5.4% | 33% | 1,490 | 0.5 miles |
| Bristnall Hall Academy | 48.1 | 7% | 39.4% | 1,088 | 0.7 miles |
| Perryfields Academy | 43.8 | 8.8% | 38.7% | 682 | 0.9 miles |
| Holly Lodge High School College of Science | 42.1 | 7.4% | 44.1% | 1,636 | 1.5 miles |
| Leasowes High School | 41.8 | 9.8% | 31.4% | 1,043 | 1.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.39%
- English as an additional language
- 44%
- Overall absence
- 8.58%
- Persistent absence
- 26.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Q3 Academy Langley0.5 miles
Secondary · Oldbury
-
Bristnall Hall Academy0.7 miles
Secondary · Oldbury
-
Perryfields Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Oldbury
-
Holly Lodge High School College of Science1.5 miles
Secondary · Smethwick
-
Leasowes High School1.6 miles
Secondary · Halesowen
Other schools in Oldbury
Oldbury Academy ranks 5th of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Oldbury.
- Bristnall Hall Academy Secondary
- Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy Secondary
- Perryfields Academy Secondary
- Q3 Academy Langley Secondary
- Bleakhouse Primary School Primary
- Brandhall Primary School Primary
- Burnt Tree Primary School Primary
- Causeway Green Primary School Primary
- Christ Church Church of England Primary School Primary
- Grace Mary Primary School Primary
- Langley Primary School Primary
- Moat Farm Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Oldbury Academy teach?
- Oldbury Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Oldbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Oldbury Academy?
- The headteacher of Oldbury Academy is Mr Barry Morley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Oldbury Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Oldbury Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Oldbury Academy?
- Oldbury Academy has 1,193 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Oldbury Academy full?
- Oldbury Academy has capacity for 1,550 pupils and 1,193 on roll (77%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Oldbury Academy a faith school?
- No. Oldbury Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Oldbury Academy a selective school?
- No. Oldbury Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Oldbury Academy?
- Oldbury Academy is part of STOUR VALE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Oldbury Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.2 in 2022/23 and 37.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Oldbury Academy rank locally?
- Oldbury Academy ranked 17th of 19 secondary schools in Sandwell for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Oldbury Academy's absence rate?
- Oldbury Academy's overall absence rate is 8.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Oldbury Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oldbury Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.