Windsor Olympus Academy
Smethwick, B18 4LX · Sandwell local authority
Smethwick’s School Grade C better than 32% of towns in England
What stands out about Windsor Olympus Academy
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- Room to spare: 533 pupils for 900 places
- 69% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 30%)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (128 of 128)
- Homes in its postcode sector (B18 4) sold for a median £146,500; Smethwick’s is £210,000
How hard is it to get a place at Windsor Olympus Academy?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2025 (8). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Windsor Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Sandwell council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025359 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
No letter for Windsor Olympus Academy
No published GCSE results: a new school with no Year 11 yet, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Not inspected yet (a new school, or one that changed status recently).
Living near Windsor Olympus Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in B18 4, the school’s postcode sector
Smethwick property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in B18 4 sell for well under Smethwick’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
44 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Smethwick, B18 4LX
Windsor Olympus Academy: common questions
How hard is it to get into Windsor Olympus Academy?
For September 2026, 128 families put Windsor Olympus Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 179 places were offered in all.
How much do houses cost near Windsor Olympus Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, B18 4, sold for a median £146,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (64 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Smethwick’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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