Contested schools in Sandwell
These are the Sandwell schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Sandwell
Secondary schools (10)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwell Academy | 197 | 321 | 1.63 |
| St Michael's Church of England High School | 234 | 326 | 1.39 |
| Shireland Collegiate Academy | 244 | 332 | 1.36 |
| West Bromwich Collegiate Academy | 151 | 205 | 1.36 |
| Bristnall Hall Academy | 188 | 249 | 1.32 |
| Q3 Academy Langley | 292 | 344 | 1.18 |
| Wood Green Academy | 256 | 260 | 1.02 |
| Wodensborough Ormiston Academy | 210 | 201 | 0.96 |
| Q3 Academy Great Barr | 199 | 185 | 0.93 |
| George Salter Academy | 218 | 153 | 0.70 |
Primary schools (37)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Mary Primary School | 28 | 40 | 1.43 |
| Crocketts Community Primary School | 60 | 84 | 1.40 |
| Grove Vale Primary School | 60 | 82 | 1.37 |
| Timbertree Academy | 30 | 41 | 1.37 |
| Old Park Primary School | 60 | 80 | 1.33 |
| Oakham Primary School | 60 | 76 | 1.27 |
| St John Bosco Catholic Primary School | 30 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Hargate Primary School | 59 | 72 | 1.22 |
| Devonshire Infant Academy | 89 | 107 | 1.20 |
| Shireland Technology Primary | 60 | 72 | 1.20 |
| Lightwoods Primary Academy | 59 | 69 | 1.17 |
| Ocker Hill Infant School | 60 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Blackheath Primary School | 60 | 67 | 1.12 |
| Corngreaves Academy | 30 | 33 | 1.10 |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School | 30 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Hall Green Primary School | 60 | 64 | 1.07 |
| St James CofE Primary School | 60 | 62 | 1.03 |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School | 60 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Hanbury Primary School | 54 | 54 | 1 |
| Holyhead Primary Academy | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| The Priory Primary School | 60 | 60 | 1 |
| Eaton Valley Primary School | 60 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Old Hill Primary School | 27 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Ryders Green Primary School | 54 | 52 | 0.96 |
| Tividale Community Primary School | 54 | 52 | 0.96 |
| Holy Trinity CofE Primary School | 57 | 54 | 0.95 |
| St Martin's CofE Primary School | 21 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Park Hill Primary School | 27 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Harvills Hawthorn Primary School | 52 | 48 | 0.92 |
| King George V Primary School | 24 | 22 | 0.92 |
| Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School | 59 | 54 | 0.92 |
| Galton Valley Primary School | 59 | 53 | 0.90 |
| St Margaret's CofE Primary School | 30 | 27 | 0.90 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 29 | 26 | 0.90 |
| Tividale Hall Primary School | 40 | 36 | 0.90 |
| St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 24 | 21 | 0.88 |
| Springfield Primary School | 46 | 40 | 0.87 |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.