Schools in Sandwell
131 schools in the Sandwell local authority.
Schools
131
Open schools
Pupils
62,601
2025–26 census
Good or better
93%
95 of 102 graded
Academic Performance
4.5
out of 10 · 119 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 9 9%
- Good
- 86 84%
- Requires improvement
- 7 7%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
15 inspected since 2024, no overall grade17 superseded by a report card14 not judged1 in a category of concern
4.5
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 119 of 131 schools that can be scored
Pupils
62,601
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Roll from 130 of 131 schools (62,601 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
39%Asian
34%Black
12%Mixed
10%Chinese
<1%Any other group
4%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 123 of 131 schools (62,292 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 37.7%
- First language not English
- 34.5%
- Young carers
- <1%
23,486 of 62,292 pupils · 123 of 131 schools
21,519 of 62,292 pupils · 123 of 131 schools
533 of 62,292 pupils · 123 of 131 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 93
- Secondary
- 23
- Special
- 7
- PRU
- 3
- Not recorded
- 5
Top primary schools in Sandwell
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Grove Vale Primary SchoolSandwell · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.Grace Mary Primary SchoolSandwell · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.Hargate Primary SchoolSandwell · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 4.Old Park Primary SchoolSandwell · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 5.Shireland Hall Primary AcademySandwell · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 6.Shireland Technology PrimarySandwell · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 7.Burnt Tree Primary SchoolSandwell · Primary8.9/10
- 8.St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolSandwell · Primary8.9/10Outstanding
- 9.St John Bosco Catholic Primary SchoolSandwell · Primary8.9/10
- 10.Timbertree AcademySandwell · Primary8.5/10
- 11.Moat Farm Junior SchoolSandwell · Primary8.2/10Good
- 12.Ocker Hill AcademySandwell · Primary8.2/10Good
- 13.St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolSandwell · Primary8.2/10Good
- 14.Whitecrest Primary SchoolSandwell · Primary8.2/10
- 15.George Betts Primary AcademySandwell · Primary8.1/10Good
- 16.St Pauls Church of England AcademySandwell · Primary8.1/10Good
- 17.Galton Valley Primary SchoolSandwell · Primary7.5/10Good
- 18.Langley Primary SchoolSandwell · Primary7.4/10Good
- 19.Tameside Primary AcademySandwell · Primary7.1/10Good
- 20.Victoria Park PrimarySandwell · Primary7.0/10Good
Top secondary schools in Sandwell
The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Bristnall Hall AcademySandwell · Secondary9.5/10Outstanding
- 2.Q3 Academy LangleySandwell · Secondary7.7/10Good
- 3.Sandwell AcademySandwell · Secondary7.3/10Good
- 4.St Michael's Church of England High SchoolSandwell · Secondary6.1/10Good
- 5.West Bromwich Collegiate AcademySandwell · Secondary5.6/10Good
- 6.Q3 Academy Great BarrSandwell · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 7.Shireland Collegiate AcademySandwell · Secondary3.7/10
- 8.Wood Green AcademySandwell · Secondary3.6/10Good
- 9.Perryfields AcademySandwell · Secondary3.5/10Good
- 10.Holly Lodge High School College of ScienceSandwell · Secondary2.9/10Good
- 11.Ormiston Sandwell Community AcademySandwell · Secondary2.9/10Good
- 12.Stuart Bathurst Catholic High SchoolSandwell · Secondary2.5/10Good
- 13.George Salter AcademySandwell · Secondary2.2/10Good
- 14.Ormiston Forge AcademySandwell · Secondary2.1/10Good
- 15.The Phoenix CollegiateSandwell · Secondary2.0/10Good
- 16.Wodensborough Ormiston AcademySandwell · Secondary2.0/10Good
- 17.Oldbury AcademySandwell · Secondary1.9/10Good
- 18.Q3 Academy TiptonSandwell · Secondary1.5/10
- 19.Gospel Oak SchoolSandwell · Secondary1.3/10
- 20.Shireland Biomedical UtcSandwell · Secondary0.6/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Sandwell
- How many schools are there in Sandwell?
- Sandwell has 131 open schools — 93 primary, 23 secondary, 7 special, teaching 62,601 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Sandwell are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 95 of the 102 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 93% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 9 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 131: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Sandwell?
- 4.5 out of 10, averaged across the 119 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Sandwell schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 29 schools in Sandwell currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Sandwell local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Sandwell covers 131 schools and sits in the West Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Sandwell are eligible for free school meals?
- 37.7% — 23,486 of 62,292 pupils at the 123 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the West Midlands region.