Q3 Academy Great Barr

Term dates

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

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Sandwell'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 Christian 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, 185 families put this school as their first choice, and 199 places were offered. 163 of the families who put it first got a place (88%).

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.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 22 September 2022: 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

11–19

Pupils

1153 (capacity 1150)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Christian

Academy trust

THE MERCIAN TRUST

Phone

01213586186

Address

Wilderness Lane, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 7SD

Website

q3academy.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports