Bristnall Hall Academy

Bristnall Hall Academy has received an outstanding rating in its recent Ofsted inspection, showcasing exceptional performance across all evaluated domains. The school has demonstrated a strong commitment to providing a high-quality education, fostering an inclusive and supportive environment where staff and students work collaboratively towards common goals. With the school's robust community ethos, pupils engaged actively in their learning, achieving significant academic and personal development. The academy’s broad curriculum and dedicated focus on vocational education equip students for future success, underlining their effective leadership and management approach.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education across all subjects.
• Strong supportive culture promoting exemplary pupil behaviour.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Vibrant reading culture with extensive resources and staff involvement.
• Impressive personal development curriculum supporting student well-being.
• Active engagement of pupils in school life, fostering responsible citizenship.

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 Bristnall Hall Academy attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 18.3% 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, 4.7% of pupils at Bristnall Hall Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 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 Bristnall Hall Academy had 15.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.3% 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, 14.2% of pupils at Bristnall Hall Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 8.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 35 pupils.

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 Bristnall Hall Academy received £9,684 and spent £8,766 for each of its 1,103 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £196,000 (£178 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Academy Transformation Trust, income was £9,055 and spending £8,540 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 Oldbury · Sandwell local authority: places and applications

Bristnall Hall Academy is part of Academy Transformation Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Caldmore Primary Academy Walsall
• North Walsall Primary Academy Walsall
• Pool Hayes Academy Willenhall
• Phoenix Academy Walsall
• Jubilee Academy Mossley Walsall
• The Queen Elizabeth Academy Atherstone
• Sun Academy Bradwell Newcastle-Under-Lyme
• Star Academy, Sandyford Stoke-On-Trent
• Sutton Community Academy Sutton-In-Ashfield
• The Dukeries Academy Newark

What is Bristnall Hall Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bristnall Hall Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Bristnall Hall Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Bristnall Hall Academy was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Bristnall Hall Academy have?

Bristnall Hall Academy has 1,088 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bristnall Hall Academy cover?

Bristnall Hall Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Bristnall Hall Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.6, and 50% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Bristnall Hall Academy?

Bristnall Hall Academy is at Bristnall Hall Lane, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 9PA.