Blue Coat Church of England Academy

Birmingham Street, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2ND

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About this school

Blue Coat Church of England Academy is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in Walsall, West Midlands. The school has 967 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 25 January 2023). Last inspected 25 January 2023. The Principal is David Smith. The school is administered by Walsall local authority. It belongs to BLUE COAT CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY (WALSALL) TRUST. The school has a Church of England religious character. It opened in 1 September 2012.

School details

Principal

David Smith

Trust

BLUE COAT CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY (WALSALL) TRUST

Local authority

Walsall

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

URN

138606

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Blue Coat Church of England Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Walsall). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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