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Best secondary schools in Walsall

18 of 19 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Walsall 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 Queen Mary's Grammar School Walsall grammar 0.6 Outstanding oversubscribed 2.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Queen Mary's High School Walsall grammar 0.55 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Barr Beacon School Walsall 0.19 Good declining oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Joseph Leckie Academy Walsall hidden gem 0.11 Good undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 St Francis of Assisi Catholic College Walsall 0.1 Good oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 West Walsall E-ACT Academy Walsall hidden gem 0.1 Good improving undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Blue Coat Church of England Academy Walsall hidden gem 0.02 Good undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Grace Academy Darlaston Wednesbury hidden gem -0.04 Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 The Streetly Academy Sutton Coldfield -0.05 Good declining about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Walsall Academy Walsall -0.09 Requires improvement oversubscribed 1.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Aldridge School - A Science College Walsall hidden gem -0.28 Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Pool Hayes Academy Willenhall hidden gem -0.43 Good improving undersubscribed 0.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall Willenhall -0.44 Good improving about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Brownhills Ormiston Academy Walsall hidden gem -0.46 Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy Walsall -0.49 Good declining about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Willenhall E-ACT Academy Willenhall -0.82 Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Shire Oak Academy Walsall -1.01 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.52 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Walsall Studio School Walsall -1.09 Not judged — approximate

Also in Walsall

1 further secondary school 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 Walsall, not a fairer one.

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