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High Point Academy

Special schoolAges 11–16Free school

West Bromwich, WS10 0JS · Sandwell local authority

West Bromwich’s School Grade C better than 27% of towns in England

How full
115 pupils
97% of its 118 places
Free school meals
47%
47 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about High Point Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 47% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, May 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WS10 0) sold for a median £215,000; West Bromwich’s is £229,750

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 20 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools High Point beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 4.9

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Sandwell avg 43.2

20304050607080England avg 47.3High Point 4.9

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Sandwell avg 37%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%High Point 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
9.3
2024/25
6.8
2025/26
4.9

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-2.49: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 11 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
1.7England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
8.7England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Sandwell 57% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

108 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.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
13%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
57.4%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 24%Boys 76%
Its letter

No letter for High Point Academy

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

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

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, May 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near High Point Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in WS10 0, the school’s postcode sector

West Bromwich property prices →
£215,000
median sale, 298 sales in 36 months · West Bromwich £229,750

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025WS10 0West Bromwich
WS10 0West Bromwich

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£292K
Semi-detached
£221K
Terraced
£210K
Flat
£121K
WS10 0West Bromwich

Homes in WS10 0 sell for a little under West Bromwich’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

29 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCB−DCC−C+DC−BC+CDC+CDCC+CA−CC−DA+CCHigh Point Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

West Bromwich, WS10 0JS

High Point Academy: common questions

What is High Point Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2024).

How much do houses cost near High Point Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, WS10 0, sold for a median £215,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (298 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; West Bromwich’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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.