Secondary school

Oldbury Wells School

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  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Shropshire
  • WV16 5JD
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jun 2013

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,777 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 55%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 39%39%2016/17: top 37%2017/18: top 38%2018/19: top 33%33% · 2018/192021/22: top 49%2022/23: top 43%2023/24: top 56%2024/25: top 55%No exams

Against West Midlands

Attainment 844.9 · West Midlands 44.16/10 Middle
Grade 5+ English and maths44% · West Midlands 39.3%7/10 Above+18.1 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.89 · West Midlands 3.816/10 Middle
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.44 · West Midlands −0.103/10 Below−55.4 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry · 2023/2425.18 · West Midlands 31.612/10 Well below West Midlands−8.7 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 51.7 · 116 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 48.3 · 124 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 48.2 · 128 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 49.5 · 147 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 48.7 · 144 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 47.2 · 156 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 44.5 · 161 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 44.9 · 125 pupils · West Midlands 44.1551.744.5No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 39% · 124 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 39% · 128 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 42% · 147 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 44% · 144 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 46% · 156 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 41% · 161 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 44% · 125 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%46%39%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 24.66 · 65 pupils · West Midlands 27.92016/17: 29.42 · 49 pupils · West Midlands 28.62017/18: 31.7 · 50 pupils · West Midlands 29.062018/19: 26.82 · 47 pupils · West Midlands 30.052021/22: 33.27 · 43 pupils · West Midlands 35.232022/23: 22.63 · 33 pupils · West Midlands 30.952023/24: 25.18 · 31 pupils · West Midlands 31.6133.2722.63No exams

Not published 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
112 of 112 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st112112
2nd15622
3rd598

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Remains Good
  5. 2023Remains Good

4 strong areas

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

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026740
Free school meals (past 6 years)22.8%
First language not English1.2%
SEN support12.6%
EHC plan3.0%
Absence (sessions missed)9.1%
Persistently absent pupils26.9%

Girls 49.2%Boys 50.8%

72.5% full · 1,021 places · 53 in sixth form (2023/24)

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.6
Pupils per adult11.9
  • Classroom teachers 35.5
  • Leadership 9
  • Teaching assistants 9.3
  • Other support 29.5

Teachers 44.5 FTE · Whole workforce 83.3 · 98 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,924
Spend per pupil£7,232
Staff spend per pupil£5,427
Reserve per pupil£1,016
  • +£748,000revenue reserve
  • +£509,000in-year balance

Grants £7,583 · self-generated £319 · premises £482 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: TRUSTED SCHOOLS ALLIANCE (9 academies) · trust reserve £4,918,000 · 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

161 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained95%
  • Education85.1%
  • Apprenticeship8.7%
  • Employment1.2%
  • Not sustained3.7%
  • Unknown1.2%

After sixth form (16–18)

32 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained81.3%
  • Education37.5%
  • Higher education34.4%
  • Apprenticeship15.6%
  • Employment28.1%
  • Not sustained12.5%
  • Unknown6.3%