Blue Coat Church of England Academy

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Walsall council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Walsall's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 130 families put this school as their first choice, and 154 places were offered. 119 of the families who put it first got a place (92%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Before and after school

This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:

• Breakout Performing Arts. Ofsted report

Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 25 January 2023: School remains Good.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

972 (capacity 900)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

Diocese

Diocese of Lichfield

Academy trust

BLUE COAT CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY (WALSALL) TRUST

Phone

01922720558

Address

Birmingham Street, Walsall, WS1 2ND

Website

bluecoatacademy.org

Official school record, including Ofsted reports