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Secondary · B70 · Sandwell

Sandwell Valley School

Independent · fees applyThis is an independent school. Fees usually apply, and admissions are handled by the school, not your local authority. Association schools are usually inspected by ISI rather than Ofsted.

150 Birmingham Road, West Bromwich, West Bromwich, B70 6QT

Fee-paying independent schools set their own admissions. Figures below may be thinner than for state-funded schools.

Requires improvement

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedRequires improvement
AttendanceNot published
Attainment–
AdmissionsApply directly to the school (fees usually apply)
Pupils40

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Requires improvement

Met all standards that were checked

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in B70. Where we have them, council (Sandwell) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
40
Free school meals
Not published
SEN
100%
82.4% above district average (17.6%)

Also: Sandwell 15.3% · England 16.5%

EAL
Not published
Attendance
Not published
Attainment 8
0.4
Grade 5+ English & maths
0%
Grade 4+ English & maths
0%
Entered for EBacc
0%
EBacc average point score
0.02

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the B70 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

We do not have multi-year attendance or attainment figures for this school in the current DfE extracts.

Admissions

Demand signal
Apply directly to the school (fees usually apply)
Published capacity (GIAS)
175
Pupils on roll
40

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Sandwell page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates