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Sandwell Academy


Boys: 726
Girls: 636
Total Pupils: 1362
Opened: 01-09-2006
Ofsted: Outstanding
Headteacher: James Saunders
Sandwell Academy
Halfords Lane
West Bromwich
West Midlands
B71 4LG
Telephone: 01215251700
Website: http://www.sandwellacademy.com/

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AdministrativeWard (name): St Pauls
AdmissionsPolicy (code): 4
AdmissionsPolicy (name): Non-selective
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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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County (name): West Midlands
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Diocese (code): 0000
Diocese (name): Not applicable
DistrictAdministrative (code): E08000028
DistrictAdministrative (name): Sandwell
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Easting: 402278
EdByOther (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentAccredited (code): 0
EstablishmentAccredited (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentName: Sandwell Academy
EstablishmentNumber: 6905
EstablishmentStatus (code): 1
EstablishmentStatus (name): Open
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EstablishmentTypeGroup (name): Academies
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GOR (code): F
GOR (name): West Midlands
GSSLACode (name): E08000028
Gender (code): 3
Gender (name): Mixed
HeadFirstName: James
HeadLastName: Saunders
HeadPreferredJobTitle: Headteacher
HeadTitle (name): Mr
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LA (name): Sandwell
LSOA (code): E01010052
LSOA (name): Sandwell 023F
LastChangedDate: 27-04-2023
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NumberOfBoys: 726
NumberOfGirls: 636
NumberOfPupils: 1362
NurseryProvision (name): Not applicable
OfficialSixthForm (code): 1
OfficialSixthForm (name): Has a sixth form
OfstedLastInsp: 17-01-2014
OfstedRating (name): Outstanding
OfstedSpecialMeasures (code): 0
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OpenDate: 01-09-2006
ParliamentaryConstituency (code): E14001016
ParliamentaryConstituency (name): Warley
PercentageFSM: 21.20
PhaseOfEducation (code): 4
PhaseOfEducation (name): Secondary
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Postcode: B71 4LG
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RSCRegion (name): West Midlands
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ReasonEstablishmentOpened (name): New Provision
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SchoolCapacity: 1250
SchoolSponsorFlag (name): Linked to a sponsor
SchoolSponsors (name): Thomas Telford School
SchoolWebsite: http://www.sandwellacademy.com/
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SpecialClasses (code): 0
SpecialClasses (name): Not applicable
StatutoryHighAge: 18
StatutoryLowAge: 11
Street: Halfords Lane
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TelephoneNum: 01215251700
Town: West Bromwich
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 3
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts (code): 16830
Trusts (name): THOMAS TELFORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
TypeOfEstablishment (code): 28
TypeOfEstablishment (name): Academy sponsor led
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UKPRN: 10017433
UPRN: 10008762137
URN: 134993
UrbanRural (code): A1
UrbanRural (name): (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
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rating: 3.7
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userRatingCount: 61
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"11 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Absolutely horrible school. Don't go here.\n\nI did a full 5 years here and its been the worst experience.\n\nEverything others say about the food is true, there is 100% hair in the food. And on top of that, the teachers care more about your skirt being an inch too short than you being bullied.\nI reported bullying so many times and they did nothing, but the moment my skirt was slightly above my knees in the summer, I was pulled to the side and told to pull my skirt down.\n\nThe teachers put so much pressure onto the students during the GCSE period, ans make it way more stressfull than necessary. I myself was told by a teacher that the grades i was getting would be set 4 worthy, in the furthest from helpfull way - bare in mind I recieved a grade 7 on the next test.\n\nSome teachers are great, but the majority are horrible.\n\nDo not reccomend at all.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Absolutely horrible school. Don't go here.\n\nI did a full 5 years here and its been the worst experience.\n\nEverything others say about the food is true, there is 100% hair in the food. And on top of that, the teachers care more about your skirt being an inch too short than you being bullied.\nI reported bullying so many times and they did nothing, but the moment my skirt was slightly above my knees in the summer, I was pulled to the side and told to pull my skirt down.\n\nThe teachers put so much pressure onto the students during the GCSE period, ans make it way more stressfull than necessary. I myself was told by a teacher that the grades i was getting would be set 4 worthy, in the furthest from helpfull way - bare in mind I recieved a grade 7 on the next test.\n\nSome teachers are great, but the majority are horrible.\n\nDo not reccomend at all.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"3ver1y","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/106452592611920399234\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjW5K_kUwEQF7qwdMa4TTUk3LnONNGZV19sb7ngLEr15YgU=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-10-19T15:34:38Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Lovely school, I didn't know it existed till I had a respite placement who attended there, its the first school in 41 years that has ever checked my ID every time I went to pick her up even though the lady on the desk had seen me a few times by the time I took her for the last time she was still checking my ID. I would rather have that than someone getting through reception to hurt the children.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Lovely school, I didn't know it existed till I had a respite placement who attended there, its the first school in 41 years that has ever checked my ID every time I went to pick her up even though the lady on the desk had seen me a few times by the time I took her for the last time she was still checking my ID. I would rather have that than someone getting through reception to hurt the children.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Linda Evans","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/103587289815887990533\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjVSto3sptbV5MKlI_kPNDp_1yoth9etMAsDHX5a1b9MUoI=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba4"},"publishTime":"2022-06-23T00:01:22Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"They don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t sell samosas, however there are walking and talking kebab wraps. Shout out to my lalla *akh\n\nKiddan\n\nFood is haram and there\u00e2\u0080\u0099s hairs in the food so my cousin from Kitchen Nightmares will be visiting soon to check this out. 6formers act like they own the skl even tho they\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve been there for a few months. Pointless rules that make no sense, used to be so much better a few years ago now the standards gone down\n\nI have 3 children. 1 went to KE and our experience was fantastic. 1 goes to Q3 Langley and now has a place at KE. I cannot speak highly enough of this school.It exceeded all of our expectations. But seriously our experience of Sandwell academy has been absolutely woeful. Please be warned. We chose this school as it was listed as outstanding. Seriously nothing that we experienced was outstanding.\n\nlots of roadmen got shanked by one the other day\n\nI hated it.\nIt was like a prison, the only difference was that u don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t decide if u want to go in the prison or not but I choose this school for me.\nLuckily I left the school.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"They don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t sell samosas, however there are walking and talking kebab wraps. Shout out to my lalla *akh\n\nKiddan\n\nFood is haram and there\u00e2\u0080\u0099s hairs in the food so my cousin from Kitchen Nightmares will be visiting soon to check this out. 6formers act like they own the skl even tho they\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve been there for a few months. Pointless rules that make no sense, used to be so much better a few years ago now the standards gone down\n\nI have 3 children. 1 went to KE and our experience was fantastic. 1 goes to Q3 Langley and now has a place at KE. I cannot speak highly enough of this school.It exceeded all of our expectations. But seriously our experience of Sandwell academy has been absolutely woeful. Please be warned. We chose this school as it was listed as outstanding. Seriously nothing that we experienced was outstanding.\n\nlots of roadmen got shanked by one the other day\n\nI hated it.\nIt was like a prison, the only difference was that u don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t decide if u want to go in the prison or not but I choose this school for me.\nLuckily I left the school.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"__","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/100808782532712492539\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjXqAKxWdS_4tlQVCXE0aD9WgFQeEO2DxedoLu4I_aA59hw=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-02-07T21:29:21Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"An amazing school full of kind teachers that will make excellent outcomes for your children if anything bad happens to your child they take action right away I definitely recommend this school they have amazing facilities","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"An amazing school full of kind teachers that will make excellent outcomes for your children if anything bad happens to your child they take action right away I definitely recommend this school they have amazing facilities","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Nookie Smith","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/106482378823035403476\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJV-E7BfWR82r4klbl5WOjD2i1y9ZBpHCbgmFpE0IDO=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-06-19T15:25:53Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Food is haram and there\u00e2\u0080\u0099s hairs in the food so my cousin from Kitchen Nightmares will be visiting soon to check this out. 6formers act like they own the skl even tho they\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve been there for a few months. 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