Sandwell Academy
Academy sponsor led secondary school in West Bromwich (Sandwell).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Sandwell Academy is a secondary school located in West Bromwich, Sandwell. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 and currently has 1,461 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,250. It is part of the THOMAS TELFORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mr James Saunders.
Enrichment
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Key facts
- URN
- 134993
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Smethwick
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2006
Governing body (8 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.3 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul William Salusbury Brewis Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Kay Coley | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Maminda Hall | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Mohammed Subhan Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Paul William Salusbury Brewis Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Jamie Norman | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Ben Towe | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Robert Lake | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Sir Kevin Joseph Satchwell Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record