Wodensborough Ormiston Academy
Hydes Road, Wednesbury, WS10 0DR
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Miss Leigh Moore
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Ormiston Academies Trust
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,169
- Pupils on roll
- 1,119
- URN
- 139918
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215064300
About this school
Wodensborough Ormiston Academy is a secondary academy in Wednesbury. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,119 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
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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected 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 | 221 | 215 | 231 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.3 | 35.3 | 38.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.21 -0.41 to -0.02 | -0.53 -0.73 to -0.34 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 20.5% | 29% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 40.9% | 55% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 40% | 45.1% | 37.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
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 Wodensborough Ormiston 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 | 39.3 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 35.3 | 35.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.6 | 34.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,149 |
| 2023/24 | 1,184 |
| 2024/25 | 1,141 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wodensborough Ormiston Academy compares
Wodensborough Ormiston Academy ranked 16th of 19 secondary schools in Sandwell for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.6 | 10% | 47.4% | 1,119 | — |
| The Phoenix Collegiate | 39.8 | 9.3% | 45% | 1,770 | 0.7 miles |
| Wood Green Academy | 44.7 | 8% | 34.8% | 1,518 | 1.0 miles |
| Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School | 41.4 | 10.7% | 43.8% | 807 | 1.1 miles |
| Joseph Leckie Academy | 42.4 | 10.2% | 52.2% | 1,524 | 1.4 miles |
| George Salter Academy | 39.6 | 9.3% | 38.3% | 1,377 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report25 November 2025
- 24 June 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.42%
- English as an additional language
- 17.9%
- Overall absence
- 9.95%
- Persistent absence
- 28.63%
Location
Nearby schools
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The Phoenix Collegiate0.7 miles
Secondary · West Bromwich
-
Wood Green Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Wednesbury
-
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School1.1 miles
Secondary · Wednesbury
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Joseph Leckie Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Walsall
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George Salter Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · West Bromwich
Other schools in Wednesbury
- Grace Academy Darlaston Secondary
- Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School Secondary
- Wood Green Academy Secondary
- Rowley View Nursery School Nursery
- Albert Pritchard Infant School Primary
- Holyhead Primary Academy Primary
- Kings Hill Primary School Primary
- Mesty Croft Primary Primary
- Old Church Church of England C Primary School Primary
- Old Park Primary School Primary
- Park Hill Primary School Primary
- Pinfold Street Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wodensborough Ormiston Academy teach?
- Wodensborough Ormiston Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Wednesbury.
- Who is the principal of Wodensborough Ormiston Academy?
- The principal of Wodensborough Ormiston Academy is Miss Leigh Moore, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wodensborough Ormiston Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wodensborough Ormiston 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 Wodensborough Ormiston Academy?
- Wodensborough Ormiston Academy has 1,119 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Wodensborough Ormiston Academy full?
- Wodensborough Ormiston Academy has capacity for 1,169 pupils and 1,119 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Wodensborough Ormiston Academy a faith school?
- No. Wodensborough Ormiston Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Wodensborough Ormiston Academy a selective school?
- No. Wodensborough Ormiston Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Wodensborough Ormiston Academy?
- Wodensborough Ormiston Academy is part of ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Wodensborough Ormiston Academy have?
- The schools register lists Wodensborough Ormiston Academy's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Wodensborough Ormiston Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.3 in 2022/23 and 38.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wodensborough Ormiston Academy rank locally?
- Wodensborough Ormiston Academy ranked 16th of 19 secondary schools in Sandwell for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wodensborough Ormiston Academy's absence rate?
- Wodensborough Ormiston Academy's overall absence rate is 10% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wodensborough Ormiston Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wodensborough Ormiston 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.