Gospel Oak School

State-Funded School

gospel-oak-school-sandwell-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

SandwellLocal Authority

Tipton and WednesburyConstituency

DY4 0BZPostcode

1.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Gospel Oak School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Sandwell, West Midlands.

It currently serves 1,140 pupils. Gospel Oak School is part of CENTRAL REGION SCHOOLS TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 32.8
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 17.6%
EBacc average point score: 2.64

Ethnicity

White

68%

Asian

10%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

1,140

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 1,140
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: CENTRAL REGION SCHOOLS TRUST

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
22 Oct 2025	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
6 Dec 2022	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate
27 Jul 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.