Sandwell Academy

Sandwell Academy
Location
Halfords Lane

West Bromwich
,
West Midlands
,
B71 4LG

England

52°30′30″N 1°58′02″W / 52.50837°N 1.96713°W / 52.50837; -1.96713
Information
TypeAcademy
Established2006 (2006)
134993 Tables
OfstedReports
Headteacher
James Saunders
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Websitehttps://sandwellacademy.com/

Sandwell Academy is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in West Bromwich in the West Midlands, England.

School

The school opened in 2006 and has since opened a new, on-site building with various fitness, IT and classroom facilities.

The school is sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Mercers, Thomas Telford School, HSBC Education Trust, Tarmac Group and West Bromwich Albion F.C. The school has specialisms in Sport and Business Enterprise and has additional facilities to support the specialisms.

Sandwell Academy operates a wide catchment area which includes all of West Bromwich and the entirety of Sandwell. The school achieved an "Outstanding" rating in its most recent Ofsted inspection (2014). Notable former pupils include Jerome Sinclair, Joe Fraser and Morgan Rogers.

On the 1 February 2016, a bomb threat call was sent to the secondary school which led to the evacuation of all the pupils though it did later turn out to be hoax call as apart of mass bomb threats across Birmingham and the Black Country which spanned over 2 weeks.

References

  1. ↑ "Home". Sandwell Academy. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "About The Sponsors". Sandwell Academy. 18 May 1968. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Specialism and Vision". Sandwell Academy. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ofsted - Sandwell Academy". Sandwell Academy. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "2010–2011 competitions: ESFA Under 14 Premier League Schools' Cup: Round 6". English Schools' Football Association. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Fraser House - Sandwell Academy". www.sandwellacademy.com. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Tanswell, Jacob; Madeley, Steve (1 February 2024). "Morgan Rogers' journey from West Brom wonderkid to Aston Villa – via Man City and Middlesbrough". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  8. ↑ McKinney, Emma (1st February 2016). "Schools bomb hoaxes waste over half a million pounds in education funding". {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)