Joseph Leckie Academy
Walstead Road West, Walsall, WS5 4PG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE FORGE BROOK TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Andrew McNaughton
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,414
- Pupils on roll
- 1,524
- URN
- 137830
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01922721071
About this school
Joseph Leckie Academy is a secondary academy in Walsall. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,524 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 234 | 237 | 249 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.3 | 43.7 | 42.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.08 -0.12 to +0.28 | +0.11 -0.08 to +0.30 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 41.8% | 30.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% | 59.5% | 55% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 35% | 49.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
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 Joseph Leckie 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 | Walsall average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42.3 | 44.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43.7 | 44.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.4 | 43 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,458 |
| 2023/24 | 1,516 |
| 2024/25 | 1,520 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Joseph Leckie Academy compares
Joseph Leckie Academy ranked 7th of 19 secondary schools in Walsall for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 47% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.4 | 10.2% | 52.2% | 1,524 | — |
| Wood Green Academy | 44.7 | 8% | 34.8% | 1,518 | 0.9 miles |
| Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School | 41.4 | 10.7% | 43.8% | 807 | 1.0 miles |
| Queen Mary's Grammar School | 74.2 | 4.7% | 28.8% | 1,399 | 1.1 miles |
| Blue Coat Church of England Academy | 37.4 | 8.8% | 56.1% | 972 | 1.1 miles |
| Walsall Studio School | 26.9 | 18.2% | 45.8% | 206 | 1.2 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report3 February 2026
- 12 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 52.21%
- English as an additional language
- 67.4%
- Overall absence
- 10.18%
- Persistent absence
- 31.05%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wood Green Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Wednesbury
-
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School1.0 miles
Secondary · Wednesbury
-
Queen Mary's Grammar School1.1 miles
Secondary · Walsall
-
Blue Coat Church of England Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Walsall
-
Walsall Studio School1.2 miles
Secondary · Walsall
Other schools in Walsall
Joseph Leckie Academy ranks 7th of the 16 ranked secondary schools in Walsall.
- Aldridge School - A Science College Secondary
- Barr Beacon School Secondary
- Blue Coat Church of England Academy Secondary
- Brownhills Ormiston Academy Secondary
- Cheslyn Hay Academy Secondary
- Great Wyrley Academy Secondary
- Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy Secondary
- Queen Mary's Grammar School Secondary
- Queen Mary's High School Secondary
- Shire Oak Academy Secondary
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic College Secondary
- Walsall Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Joseph Leckie Academy teach?
- Joseph Leckie Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Walsall.
- Who is the principal of Joseph Leckie Academy?
- The principal of Joseph Leckie Academy is Mr Andrew McNaughton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Joseph Leckie Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Joseph Leckie 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 Joseph Leckie Academy?
- Joseph Leckie Academy has 1,524 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Joseph Leckie Academy full?
- Joseph Leckie Academy has capacity for 1,414 pupils and 1,524 on roll (108%), so it is at or above 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 Joseph Leckie Academy a faith school?
- No. Joseph Leckie Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Joseph Leckie Academy a selective school?
- No. Joseph Leckie Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Joseph Leckie Academy?
- Joseph Leckie Academy is part of THE FORGE BROOK TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Joseph Leckie Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.3 in 2022/23 and 42.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Joseph Leckie Academy rank locally?
- Joseph Leckie Academy ranked 7th of 19 secondary schools in Walsall for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 47% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Joseph Leckie Academy's absence rate?
- Joseph Leckie Academy's overall absence rate is 10.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Joseph Leckie Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Joseph Leckie 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.