Overall Oxbridge
#1,081
3 ranked schools · -167 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
13
Offers
3
Offer rate23.1%
+0.7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Red-brick terraces and inter-war housing estates spread across the low Black Country plateau of West Bromwich, a market town in the borough of Sandwell with a 2021 Census population of around 103,000. Sandwell Valley Country Park and the adjacent RSPB nature reserve give the town a green northern fringe. The town grew from a rural village into a centre of coal mining, ironstone working, and metal trades during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, shaping the brick-built streets that still define much of the borough today.
The West Midlands Metro links the town centre to Birmingham New Street in around twenty minutes. Hill Top and Charlemont are among the most sought-after pockets for primary school catchments, with Dartmouth extending the school-competitive belt towards the town centre. Hargate and Ryders Green form the broader residential ring.
17
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7
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1
Post-16
colleges
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Area Performance
Across 30 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.31/10, -0.13 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all West Bromwich schools
West Bromwich vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked West Bromwich schools
top 53% of 14,978
top 53% of 14,978
top 60% of 3,862
top 60% of 3,862
top 78% of 2,555
top 78% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
3 ranked schools · -167 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
13
Offers
3
Oxford
2 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
6
Offers
0
Cambridge
3 ranked schools · +161 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
7
Offers
3
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