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Best secondary schools in Sandwell

20 of 27 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Sandwell schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Q3 Academy Langley Oldbury 0.81 Good oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Bristnall Hall Academy Oldbury 0.59 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.32 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Shireland Collegiate Academy Smethwick 0.38 Not judged improving oversubscribed 1.36 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 St Michael's Church of England High School Rowley Regis 0.28 Good improving oversubscribed 1.39 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 The Phoenix Collegiate West Bromwich hidden gem 0.17 Good improving undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Wood Green Academy Wednesbury 0.04 Good declining about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 George Salter Academy West Bromwich hidden gem -0.04 Good declining undersubscribed 0.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 West Bromwich Collegiate Academy West Bromwich -0.05 Good oversubscribed 1.36 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Oldbury Academy Oldbury hidden gem -0.09 Good improving undersubscribed 0.49 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Holly Lodge High School College of Science Smethwick hidden gem -0.1 Good undersubscribed 0.59 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Sandwell Academy West Bromwich -0.13 Good oversubscribed 1.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School Wednesbury hidden gem -0.2 Good undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Q3 Academy Great Barr Birmingham hidden gem -0.29 Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Ormiston Forge Academy Cradley Heath hidden gem -0.32 Good improving undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Shireland Biomedical Utc West Bromwich -0.32 Requires improvement improving undersubscribed 0.65 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy Oldbury hidden gem -0.38 Good improving undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Wodensborough Ormiston Academy Wednesbury hidden gem -0.53 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Perryfields Academy Oldbury hidden gem -0.55 Good undersubscribed 0.57 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Gospel Oak School Tipton -0.97 Not judged declining about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Q3 Academy Tipton Tipton -1.05 Not judged about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Sandwell

7 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Sandwell, not a fairer one.

Applying in Sandwell

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