The school is a smaller than the average-sized secondary school Most students are White British and few students speak English as an additional language. An above average proportion of students are eligible for support through the pupil premium (additional government funding for those known to be eligible for free school meals, children in local authority care and those with a parent or carer in the armed services). The school is part of an education Trust which includes University College Birmingham, Walsall College and Bartley Green School The proportion of disabled students and those with special educational needs supported through school action is above average. The proportion supported through school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is below average. The school sends a small number of students in Key Stage 4 to Walsall College to study vocational courses that it does not provide itself, such as Hair and Beauty. The school works with Walsall College to provide courses for a small number of students that it does not offer. The school meets the government’s current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for students’ attainment and progress in English and mathematics.