The school is an average-sized secondary school. Ninety per cent of pupils are from White British backgrounds. Very few pupils speak English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs or disability is below average. The pupil premium, which is additional government funding given to schools for children who are looked after by the local authority and those known to be eligible for free school meals, provides support for just over one in four. This is similar to the national average. The school meets the government’s current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils’ attainment and progress by the end of Year 11. A small number of pupils attend alternative provision on a full-time basis. These pupils attend the Orchard Centre, the Midpoint Centre, Walsall College and the Braybrook Centre. The school is supported by two national leaders in education from The Streetly Academy and South Bromsgrove High School. This support began in September 2015. The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website. The school moved to new buildings in 2013. There are a number of on-going financial issues, which partly relate to the costs of the new buildings, which are placing significant demands on the school budget.