Walsall Academy
About Walsall Academy
Walsall Academy is a mixed state secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18, located in the Walsall local authority area of the West Midlands. Within the same local authority, it sits among 20 secondary schools, where the top-performing peers by ranking score are Queen Mary's Grammar School, Queen Mary's High School, and Barr Beacon School. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Queen Mary's High School, about 4.1 kilometres away. Walsall Academy itself currently holds an Ofsted rating of Requires Improvement, which places it below the two Outstanding schools in the borough. With 1,418 pupils on roll, it is a large secondary, and its headteacher is Simon Topper. The school has no religious character and operates as a standard state-funded academy. Its position in the local landscape is that of a large, non-selective option in an area where grammar and Outstanding-rated schools dominate the top tier.
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Extracurriculars
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Clubs & Activities
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