Sandwell Community School
Sandwell Community School is a pupil referral unit in West Bromwich for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 107 pupils and room for 180. About 73 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
Westminster Road, West Bromwich, B71 2JN0121 533 5802sandwellcs.org.ukMr Imran Iqbal head teacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 24 April 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Sandwell council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (88), language and communications needs (6), Moderate learning difficulty (5), Specific learning difficulty (4), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (3), Other difficulty or disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 107 | 104 | 92 | 66 | 73 | 94 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 73% | 75% | 70% | 55% | 51% | 53% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 14% | 12% | 12% | 5% | 12% | 16% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 93% | 98% | 88% | 95% | 72% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 7% | 2% | 0% | 6% | 2% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 37 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 38%, compared with 46% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 41% | 54% | 56% |
| Education | 35% | 40% | 49% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Work | 5% | 14% | 5% |
| Not in education, work or training | 32% | 23% | 35% |
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Green Primary School | Council | 360 m | 466 | Good 2023 | 48 | Compare |
| The Phoenix Collegiate | Foundation | 560 m | 1,770 | Good 2023 | 34 | Compare |
| Pennyhill Primary School | Council | 720 m | 647 | Report card 2026 | 21 | Compare |
| Moorlands Primary School | Foundation | 790 m | 206 | Good 2022 | 12 | Compare |
| The Priory Primary School | Council | 910 m | 458 | Report card 2026 | 63 | Compare |
| St John Bosco Catholic Primary School | Academy | 930 m | 244 | No overall grade 2025 | 98 | Compare |
| Wodensborough Ormiston Academy | Academy | 960 m | 1,119 | Report card 2025 | 19 | Compare |
| St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 229 | No overall grade 2024 | 14 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Sandwell Community School a good school?
Sandwell Community School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in April 2024.
What is Sandwell Community School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Sandwell Community School good at its last full inspection on 24 April 2024.
How many pupils does Sandwell Community School have?
107 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 180 places, so it is 59% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Westminster Road, West Bromwich, B71 2JN
- Telephone
- 0121 533 5802
- Website
- sandwellcs.org.uk
- Head Teacher
- Mr Imran Iqbal
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Ward
- Hateley Heath
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 14 May 2007 (new provision)
- URN
- 135254 · LAESTAB 3331107 · UKPRN 10025667
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.