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Q3 Academy Langley

URN
141698
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Q3 Academy Langley
URN
141698
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

71 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

79

Inspection

58

Admissions Value

66

Destinations

56

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of secondary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#3 of 18 schools in Sandwell

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Q3 Academy Langley

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 7 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
21 January 2025
Inspection date
11 December 2024
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    Improved significantly

    Graded 21 January 2025

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

292

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

835

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

292

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.86×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Sandwell
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Sandwell)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.q3langley.org.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Sandwell to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

51.8

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

50.0%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

73.1%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

74.4%

EBacc achievement

Location

B68 8ED - Moat Road, Oldbury, West Midlands

Contact details

Address
Moat Road, Oldbury, West Midlands
Postcode
B68 8ED
Phone
1215167070
Website
www.q3langley.org.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Sandwell
Local authority code
333

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 271 schools in Sandwell.

Authority statistics

Total schools

271

Open schools

135

Closed schools

136

Primary schools

177

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    21 January 202511 December 2024-Improved significantlyView report for inspection published 21 January 2025
    • Improved significantly

      Published
      21 January 2025
      Inspected
      11 December 2024
      Type
      -
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    35.0%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 271

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    36.4%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    89.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    1.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    3.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    6.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    47

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary177 (66.0%)
    • Secondary47 (17.5%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other44 (16.4%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Langley High School75 mSecondaryClosed
    Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School172 mPrimaryOpen
    Moat Farm Junior School226 mPrimaryOpen
    Moat Farm Infant School226 mPrimaryOpen
    Moat Farm Junior School226 mPrimaryClosed
    Moat Farm Infant School226 mPrimaryClosed
    Bristnall Hall Technology College492 mSecondaryClosed
    Bristnall Hall Academy492 mSecondaryOpen
    The Orchard School687 mNot applicableOpen
    Oldbury College of Sport819 mSecondaryClosed
    • Langley High School
      Distance
      75 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      172 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Moat Farm Junior School
      Distance
      226 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Moat Farm Infant School
      Distance
      226 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Sandwell)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Alexandra High School and Sixth Form CentreSecondaryDY4 7NRClosed
    Bristnall Hall AcademySecondaryB68 9PAOpen
    Bristnall Hall Technology CollegeSecondaryB68 9PAClosed
    Britannia High SchoolSecondaryB65 9NFClosed
    Churchfields High SchoolSecondaryB71 4DRClosed
    • Alexandra High School and Sixth Form Centre
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DY4 7NR
      Status
      Closed
    • Bristnall Hall Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      B68 9PA
      Status
      Open
    • Bristnall Hall Technology College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      B68 9PA
      Status
      Closed
    • Britannia High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      B65 9NF
      Status
      Closed
    • Churchfields High School
    Moat Farm Junior School
    Distance
    226 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Moat Farm Infant School
    Distance
    226 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Bristnall Hall Technology College
    Distance
    492 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Bristnall Hall Academy
    Distance
    492 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • The Orchard School
    Distance
    687 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Oldbury College of Sport
    Distance
    819 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    B71 4DR
    Status
    Closed