School profile
Sandwell Valley School
150 Birmingham Road, West Bromwich, West Bromwich, B70 6QT
Overview
Sandwell Valley School is an independent school (other independent school) in West Bromwich, West Midlands, for pupils aged 11–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Other independent school
- Establishment group
- Independent schools
- Age range
- Ages 11–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 175
- Pupils on roll
- 40
- URN
- 143038
Admissions
- Local authority
- Sandwell
Fees, scholarships and bursaries are not part of the official dataset. They will appear here once the school adds them.
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Secondary
2024/25 results
DfE does not publish a directly comparable England figure for independent schools, so no comparison is shown.
Attainment 8 score
- School
- 0.4
Pupils included: 31
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
- School
- 0%
Pupils included: 31
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
- School
- 0%
Pupils included: 31
Entering the EBacc
- School
- 0%
Pupils included: 31
Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25.
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 17 June 2025 · Published 16 July 2025
Original education inspection framework (non-association independent schools)
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
Independent school standards
A regulatory check against the standards independent schools must meet. It is separate from Ofsted's inspection judgements and is not a rating.
Overall compliance
Did not meet all standards
Complies with its registration agreement.
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Independent school Progress Monitoring inspection
Inspected 15 January 2026 · Published 1 March 2026
Outcome: Met all standards that were checked
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.
Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- 150 Birmingham Road, West Bromwich, West Bromwich, B70 6QT
- Local authority
- Sandwell
Inspection
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- Inspectorate
- Ofsted
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