Freedom of Information

Enquiry Number - FS179521609

Request and Response:

Secondary admissions - September 2020

Q1: A list of all secondary, middle and upper schools in and whether they were oversubscribed or not oversubscribed on national offer day 2020 (1 March). Please include each school’s Unique Reference Number (URN), (DfE) code, and/or address/postcode to allow us to identify each relevant school without ambiguity. We define a school to be oversubscribed if, and only if, at least one on-time applicant was refused a place and the applicant did not receive an offer from any higher preference school. If there were no refusals to on-time applicants - even if the school was unable to accept one or more late applications or admitted over its published admission number - then we do not consider this school to be oversubscribed. If you use a different definition of oversubscription, then please make this clear in the response.

A1: School Name DFE No. Bristnall Hall 333 - 4129 333 - 6907 College of Science 333 - 4138 333 - 4110 333 - 4000 Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy 333 - 6910 Perryfields High School Specialist Maths and Computing College 333 - 4111 Q3 Academy 333 - 6908 333 - 4003 Q3 Academy 333 - 4006 RSA Academy 333 - 6909 333 - 6905 Shireland Collegiate Academy 333 - 6906

[IL0: UNCLASSIFIED] A1: School Name DFE No. St Michael's Church of High School 333 - 4500 Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School College of Performing Arts 333 - 4600 333 - 4028 Collegiate Academy 333 - 4007 Wodensborough Ormiston Academy 333 - 4002 , A Specialist College of Sport, Maths and 333 - 4024 Computing

Yellow highlight = undersubscribed schools with vacancies currently. Blue highlight = undersubscribed schools, but now full, with late applications or offered as nearest alternative.

Q2: The total number of places offered at each school on national offer day 2020.

Grand A2: School Name Total 220 George Salter Academy 255 Holly Lodge High School College of Science 280 Oldbury Academy 278 Ormiston Forge Academy 320 Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy 240 Perryfields High School Specialist Maths and Computing College 197 220 Q3 Academy Langley 240 300 RSA Academy 240 Sandwell Academy 200 Shireland Collegiate Academy 275 St Michael's Church of England High School 240 Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School College of Performing Arts 147 The Phoenix Collegiate 350 West Bromwich Collegiate Academy 156 Wodensborough Ormiston Academy 266 Wood Green Academy, A Specialist College of Sport, Maths and 261 Computing

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Q3 to Q5 apply to oversubscribed schools identified in Q1 only.

Q3: The number of on-time applicants refused a place, at each individual school, who were not offered a place at any higher preference school. By this we mean the number of unsuccessful on-time applicants remaining on each school’s waiting list on offer day.

A3: Sandwell All School Name Children Children Bristnall Hall Academy 90 99 George Salter Academy* 346 349 Holly Lodge High School College of Science N/A N/A Oldbury Academy N/A N/A Ormiston Forge Academy 3 7 Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy 53 77 Perryfields High School Specialist Maths and N/A N/A Computing College Q3 Academy Great Barr 46 115 Q3 Academy Langley 206 225 Q3 Academy Tipton N/A N/A RSA Academy N/A N/A Sandwell Academy** Unknown Unknown Shireland Collegiate Academy* 184 251 St Michael's Church of England High School 51 70 Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School College of N/A N/A Performing Arts The Phoenix Collegiate N/A N/A West Bromwich Collegiate Academy 442 462 Wodensborough Ormiston Academy N/A N/A Wood Green Academy, A Specialist College of Sport, 57 186 Maths and Computing

*These schools use a banding system, therefore the numbers on the waiting list are split across six bands which includes a no band for children who did not sit the test. **This school keeps their own waiting lists.

[IL0: UNCLASSIFIED] Q4: The admission criterion under which the last successful applicant was admitted on offer day.

Criterion under which last A4: School Name successful applicant was offered Bristnall Hall Academy Distance George Salter Academy Distance within Band Distance (Non- Holly Lodge High School College of Science Catchment) Nearest Alternative Oldbury Academy (Distance) Ormiston Forge Academy Distance Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy Distance Perryfields High School Specialist Maths and Computing Nearest Alternative College (Distance) Q3 Academy Great Barr Distance Q3 Academy Langley Distance Nearest Alternative Q3 Academy Tipton (Distance) Nearest Alternative RSA Academy (Distance) Sandwell Academy Distance within Band Shireland Collegiate Academy Distance within Band St Michael's Church of England High School Distance Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School College of Distance Performing Arts Nearest Alternative The Phoenix Collegiate (Distance) West Bromwich Collegiate Academy Distance within Band Nearest Alternative Wodensborough Ormiston Academy (Distance) Wood Green Academy, A Specialist College of Sport, Non-Catchment Maths and Computing (Distance)

Please note: George Salter Academy, Sandwell Academy, Shireland Collegiate Academy and West Bromwich Collegiate Academy all offer their places based on a banding system.

[IL0: UNCLASSIFIED] Q5: The home-to-school distance of the last successful applicant, assuming distance was used to allocate this place. Please include measurement units and whether this is based upon a walking/driving route, straight line/as the crow flies distance or an alternative measurement system. Please always list all schools within the Sandwell local authority even if you are unable to provide all the requested information - simply mark the relevant values as ‘Not Known’. Note: If any of these dates differ - please align to the relevant secondary offer/deadline dates for your local authority. • Secondary National Offer Day - 1 March 2020. • On-time applications – submitted before 31 October 2019 • Late applications – submitted after 31 October 2019 Middle deemed primary schools (if present in your authority) may align with other primary education provider dates

A5: School Name Distance (miles) Bristnall Hall Academy 1.137 George Salter Academy N/A - Use banding system. “Not known” as remaining places Holly Lodge High School College of offered to children as nearest Science alternative. “Not known” as places offered to Oldbury Academy children as nearest alternative. Ormiston Forge Academy 2.052 Ormiston Sandwell Community 0.834 Academy Perryfields High School Specialist “Not known” as places offered to Maths and Computing College children as nearest alternative. Q3 Academy Great Barr 1.271 Q3 Academy Langley 0.829 “Not known” as remaining places Q3 Academy Tipton offered to children as nearest alternative. “Not known” as remaining places RSA Academy offered to children as nearest alternative. [IL0: UNCLASSIFIED] A5: School Name Distance (miles) Sandwell Academy N/A - Use banding system. Shireland Collegiate Academy N/A – Use banding system. St Michael's Church of England High 0.947 School “Not known” as remaining places Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School offered to children as nearest College of Performing Arts alternative. “Not known” as remaining places The Phoenix Collegiate offered to children as nearest alternative. West Bromwich Collegiate Academy N/A – Use banding system. “Not known” as remaining places Wodensborough Ormiston Academy offered to children as nearest alternative. Wood Green Academy 0.835

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