Shireland Collegiate Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-19
Religion Does not apply
Address Waterloo Road
Smethwick
West Midlands
B66 4ND
Phone 01215588086
Reference Number 135170

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1519
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.85%
Girls: 46.15%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 38.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 48.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 124 125 249
8 132 115 247
9 157 117 274
10 160 110 270
11 129 116 245
12 58 60 118
13 58 58 116

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Pakistani 31.8%
African 16.9%
Indian 9.2%
Asian, Other 8.4%
White, British 5.2%
White, Other 4.1%
Caribbean 3.9%
Unclassified 3.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.6%
White & Asian 2.5%
Mixed, Other 1.4%
White & Black (African) 1.2%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2024-11-22
Date Description Report
2024-10-15 School inspection School inspection
2013-03-13 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-11-14 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2010-12-01 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-06-21 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2010-01-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-02-02 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
47.6 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 48.8% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 64.2% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 29.25 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 30.99 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C C C+
Average Grade (best 3) C C C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 5.4% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 129 9
Third Preference 93 3
From another Local Authority 140 31

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Shireland Technology Primary
Waterloo Road, Smethwick, B66 4ND
0.02 miles
Shireland Hall Primary Academy
Montague Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 4PW
0.43 miles
Cape Primary School
Cape Hill, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 4SH
0.44 miles
Victoria Park Primary
Ballot Street, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 3HH
0.46 miles
Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery
Addenbrooke Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 6HT
0.5 miles
Bearwood Primary School
Bearwood Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 4HB
0.5 miles
Elm Tree Primary Academy
Friar Park Road, Wednesbury, WS10 0TB
0.51 miles
St Matthew's CofE Primary School
Windmill Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 3LX
0.57 miles
Crocketts Community Primary School
Coopers Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 7DW
0.57 miles
George Dixon Primary School
City Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B17 8LE
0.61 miles
George Dixon Primary
City Road, Birmingham, B17 8LE
0.64 miles
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
Park Road, Bearwood, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 5HX
0.72 miles
Abbey Infant School
Maurice Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 5LR
0.79 miles
St Philip's Catholic Primary School
Messenger Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 3DU
0.79 miles
City Road Primary School
City Road, Birmingham, B16 0HL
0.84 miles
Abbey Junior School
Barclay Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 5LT
0.85 miles
Annie Lennard Primary School
The Oval, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 6LE
0.85 miles
Devonshire Junior Academy
Auckland Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 7AT
0.92 miles
Devonshire Infant Academy
Auckland Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 7AT
0.92 miles
Summerfield Primary School
Cuthbert Road, Winson Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B18 4AH
1.1 miles
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George Dixon Academy
Portland Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B16 9GD
0.64 miles
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0.84 miles
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1.03 miles
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1.17 miles
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1.23 miles
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1.36 miles
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1.38 miles
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1.64 miles
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1.66 miles
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1.68 miles
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1.7 miles
Baskerville School
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1.82 miles
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1.9 miles
Harborne Academy
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1.91 miles
Oldbury Academy
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1.93 miles
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
Grove Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, West Midlands, B21 9ET
1.94 miles
Edgbaston High School for Girls
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1.96 miles
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