Secondary school

Q3 Academy Great Barr

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–19
  • Mixed
  • Christian
  • Sandwell
  • B43 7SD
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Mar 2013

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,915 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 59%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 55%55%2016/17: top 44%2017/18: top 65%2018/19: top 37%37% · 2018/192021/22: top 71%2022/23: top 51%2023/24: top 56%2024/25: top 59%No exams

A-level results

#115 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 844.2 · West Midlands 44.16/10 Middle+17.4 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths44.9% · West Midlands 39.3%7/10 Above
EBacc point score3.84 · West Midlands 3.816/10 Middle+14.8 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.29 · West Midlands −0.104/10 Below−16.4 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry32.24 · West Midlands 31.736/10 Middle−9.4 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 49.5 · 180 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 47 · 173 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 43.1 · 179 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 48.5 · 173 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 44.3 · 204 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 45.5 · 206 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 44.5 · 211 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 44.2 · 216 pupils · West Midlands 44.1549.543.1No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 42% · 173 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 31% · 179 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 47% · 173 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 50% · 204 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 48% · 206 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 45.5% · 211 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 44.9% · 216 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%50%31%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 23.55 · 90 pupils · West Midlands 27.92016/17: 21.78 · 90 pupils · West Midlands 28.62017/18: 23.45 · 83 pupils · West Midlands 29.062018/19: 28.19 · 58 pupils · West Midlands 30.052021/22: 37.33 · 40 pupils · West Midlands 35.232022/23: 30.41 · 68 pupils · West Midlands 30.952023/24: 32.54 · 46 pupils · West Midlands 31.612024/25: 32.24 · 48 pupils · West Midlands 31.7337.3321.78No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in88.1%
163 of 185 who put it first2014 · 73.5%2026 · 88.1%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st185163
2nd10026
3rd825

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2011Satisfactory
  3. 2013Good
  4. 2017Ungraded visit
  5. 2022Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,153
Free school meals (past 6 years)26.7%
First language not English18.7%
SEN support10.2%
EHC plan2.1%
Absence (sessions missed)7.5%
Persistently absent pupils21.6%

Girls 49%Boys 51%

100.3% full · 1,150 places · 82 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.0
Pupils per adult13.9
  • Classroom teachers 55
  • Leadership 5.8
  • Teaching assistants 7
  • Other support 21.4

Teachers 60.8 FTE · Whole workforce 89.2 · 94 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,801
Spend per pupil£7,318
Staff spend per pupil£5,466
Reserve per pupil−£114
  • −£133,000revenue reserve
  • +£563,000in-year balance

Grants £7,596 · self-generated £205 · premises £358 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE MERCIAN TRUST (12 academies) · trust reserve £10,742,000 · 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

211 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained92.9%
  • Education90.5%
  • Apprenticeship1.4%
  • Employment0.9%
  • Not sustained4.7%
  • Unknown2.4%

After sixth form (16–18)

47 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained95.7%
  • Education76.6%
  • Higher education76.6%
  • Apprenticeship2.1%
  • Employment17%
  • Not sustained4.3%
  • Unknown0%