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The Ladder School

Alternative provision school · Free schools alternative provision · ages 13 to 18 · Mixed

40 George Street, Walsall, WS1 1RS

  • Pupils62
  • Ages13 to 18
  • Latest Ofsted3 Jul 2023
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

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Graded inspection · 3 Jul 2023

Overall effectiveness: Good

  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Personal developmentGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • Sixth form provisionGood
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

S5 Inspection · report published 13 Sep 2023

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
62 (capacity 120)
20 girls, 42 boys
Eligible for free school meals
64.3% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
65.9%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
34.1%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
86.7%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
11.4%

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Free schools alternative provision (Free Schools)
Trust
THE MERCIAN TRUST
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Opened
11 January 2019
Local authority
Walsall
Parliamentary constituency
Walsall and Bloxwich
URN
143750 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).

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