Shireland Biomedical Utc
About the school
Shireland Biomedical Utc is an open secondary school in Sandwell.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 28 November 2023
- Published
- 25 January 2024
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Sandwell
- N/A
- England
- N/A
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C-
Average A-level points
- School
- 26.83
AAB or better
- School
- 13.30%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
419
Girls
56.80%
Boys
43.20%
SEN support
12.41%
Education, health and care plan
0.72%
English as an additional language
52.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
48.55%
Overall absence
8.5
Persistent absence
28.27
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
38
Sustained education or employment
92%
Education
89%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
3%
Not sustained
5%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
27
Sustained education or employment
78%
Higher education
48%
Further education
4%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
19%