Secondary school

George Salter Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–19
  • Mixed
  • Sandwell
  • B70 9UW
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected May 2017

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,643 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 81%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 57%57%2016/17: top 71%2017/18: top 70%2018/19: top 57%2021/22: top 63%2022/23: top 58%2023/24: top 66%2024/25: top 81%No exams

A-level results

#177 of 241 West Midlands sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against West Midlands

Attainment 839.6 · West Midlands 44.13/10 Below−19.7 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths30.9% · West Midlands 39.3%3/10 Below−22.3 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.37 · West Midlands 3.813/10 Below−26.5 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.04 · West Midlands −0.106/10 Middle−8.9 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry28.87 · West Midlands 31.733/10 Below+20.2 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 49.3 · 182 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 42.4 · 174 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 42.3 · 198 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 44.8 · 198 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 45.8 · 199 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 44.4 · 196 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 42.5 · 268 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 39.6 · 256 pupils · West Midlands 44.1549.339.6No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 31% · 174 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 31% · 198 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 36% · 198 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 44% · 199 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 40% · 196 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 35.8% · 268 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 30.9% · 256 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%44%30.9%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 27.73 · 129 pupils · West Midlands 27.92016/17: 30.56 · 95 pupils · West Midlands 28.62017/18: 30.09 · 119 pupils · West Midlands 29.062018/19: 25.94 · 80 pupils · West Midlands 30.052021/22: 25.66 · 78 pupils · West Midlands 35.232022/23: 28.8 · 88 pupils · West Midlands 30.952023/24: 24.5 · 78 pupils · West Midlands 31.612024/25: 28.87 · 76 pupils · West Midlands 31.7330.5624.5No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
153 of 153 who put it first2014 · 67.1%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st153153
2nd12931
3rd10816

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2005–2023

  1. 2005Goodas predecessor
  2. 2010Outstanding
  3. 2014Good
  4. 2016Inadequate
  5. 2016Ungraded visit
  6. 2017Good
  7. 2023Remains Good

5 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • 16 to 19 study programmes
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

5 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,377
Free school meals (past 6 years)38.3%
First language not English55.1%
SEN support13.9%
EHC plan1.7%
Absence (sessions missed)9.3%
Persistently absent pupils28.3%

Girls 47.7%Boys 52.3%

100.5% full · 1,370 places · 183 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.7
Pupils per adult12.6
  • Classroom teachers 71
  • Leadership 6.7
  • Teaching assistants 14.8
  • Other support 48

Teachers 77.7 FTE · Whole workforce 140.4 · 164 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,269
Spend per pupil£7,343
Staff spend per pupil£5,622
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£1,337,000in-year balance

Grants £8,144 · self-generated £240 · premises £465 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST (44 academies) · trust reserve £26,242,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

268 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained94%
  • Education92.9%
  • Apprenticeship1.1%
  • Employment0%
  • Not sustained3%
  • Unknown3%

After sixth form (16–18)

90 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained91.1%
  • Education85.6%
  • Higher education84.4%
  • Apprenticeship1.1%
  • Employment4.4%
  • Not sustained4.4%
  • Unknown4.4%