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Shire Oak Academy

URN: 136620

Address: Lichfield Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 9PA
THE MERCIAN TRUST

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 21 January 2025:

Quality of education:

Inadequate

Behaviour and attitudes:

Inadequate

Personal development:

Requires Improvement

Leadership and management:

Inadequate

Sixth form provision:

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

All reports

  1. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 12 May 2025
    PDF – Published

  2. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 15 December 2023
    PDF – Published

  3. School inspection: Requires ImprovementSchool inspection, PDF - 27 July 2022
    PDF – Published

  4. Full inspection: Requires ImprovementFull inspection, PDF - 16 July 2018
    PDF – Published

  5. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 12 December 2014
    PDF – Published

  6. Interim assessment Interim assessment, PDF - 06 February 2013
    PDF – Published

  7. Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter, PDF - 16 February 2012
    PDF – Published

  8. Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit, PDF - 13 December 2011
    PDF – Published
  9. Opened
  10. Previously Shire Oak School (A Science College) Closed

Next inspection

From September 2024, graded inspections will not include an overall effectiveness grade. Schools inspected from then will not have the same way of working out when to expect their next inspection. We will set out the expected dates for when we will next inspect them from September 2025. These schools should not expect to receive an ungraded or graded inspection before then. Some could receive an urgent or monitoring inspection, which can be deemed a graded inspection. 

About Shire Oak Academy

  • Type: Academy
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: None
  • Local authority: Walsall

Pupils

  • Age Range: 11 - 18
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 1425
  • School capacity: 1491

Location

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  • Address: Lichfield Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 9PA
  • Region: West Midlands

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