Walsall Studio School
14a Lower Hall Lane, Walsall, WS1 1RL
206 pupils · 69% of 300 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Studio schools
- Ages
- 14–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE MERCIAN TRUST
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 48.8%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 25 March 2025, published 5 May 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 26.9 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 8.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 31% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- Blue Coat Church of England Academy 0.4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Queen Mary's High School 0.9 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Queen Mary's Grammar School 1.2 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- West Walsall E-ACT Academy 1.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Joseph Leckie Academy 2 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Wood Green Academy 2.6 km · Good (2020) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.