George Salter Academy

George Salter Academy continues to be a good school, maintaining high standards in pupil behavior, learning, and personal development. Pupils are increasingly achieving better outcomes, and the school fosters a strong community atmosphere where diversity is celebrated. Strong leadership has addressed previous concerns, resulting in effective support systems and a commendable personal development program, particularly through the Salter Scholar initiative which enhances character development and prepares pupils for their futures. However, some areas require more intensive focus, especially regarding the consistency of educational strategies and the monitoring of the reading program.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate a strong sense of community and value diversity.
• Leaders have effectively improved outcomes since the previous inspection.
• Teachers exhibit strong subject knowledge and provide quality feedback.
• The school offers a rich personal development curriculum and opportunities through the Salter Scholar program.
• Safeguarding measures are robust and effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent application of support strategies for pupils with SEND across the curriculum.
• Ineffective monitoring of the reading strategy leading to slow progress for some pupils.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at George Salter Academy attended 90.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 28.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 11.0% of pupils at George Salter Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 George Salter Academy had 17.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.9% of pupils at George Salter Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 George Salter Academy received £8,399 and spent £7,883 for each of its 1,444 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,091,000 (£755 per pupil).

Across all 40 schools of Ormiston Academies Trust, income was £8,888 and spending £8,698 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in West Bromwich · Sandwell local authority: places and applications

George Salter Academy is part of Ormiston Academies Trust, which runs 41 schools. The nearest others:

• Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy Oldbury
• Wodensborough Ormiston Academy Wednesbury
• Ormiston SWB Academy Bilston
• Ormiston Forge Academy Cradley Heath
• Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy Walsall
• Ormiston NEW Academy Wolverhampton
• Brownhills Ormiston Academy Walsall
• Tenbury High Ormiston Academy Tenbury Wells
• Ormiston Meridian Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy Stoke-On-Trent

What is George Salter Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for George Salter Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was George Salter Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

George Salter Academy was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does George Salter Academy have?

George Salter Academy has 1,377 pupils on roll.

What age range does George Salter Academy cover?

George Salter Academy for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are George Salter Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 40.5, and 36% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is George Salter Academy?

George Salter Academy is at Davey Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 9UW.