Joshua Mangas
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New Leaf School

  • Alternative provision
  • Academy alternative provision sponsor led
  • Ages 5 to 16

URN 151297 · Walsall · THE MERCIAN TRUST

In Walsall

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest graded inspection

13 September 2023

Overall effectiveness
Inadequate

Ofsted category: Special measures.

Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Inadequate
Personal development
Inadequate
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding is effective
Yes

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Walsall and England, alternative provision.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

Not publishedNot published for this school

Walsall
114.67
England
248.42

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

Not publishedNot published for this school

Walsall
0.00
England
0.30

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Walsall and England, alternative provision.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

8.0

Walsall
7.1
England
7.3

0.7 higher than England.

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

Not publishedNot published for this school

Walsall
5.6 days
England
5.0 days

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
20
Type
Academy alternative provision sponsor led
Phase
Alternative provision
Age range
5 to 16
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Gender
Mixed
Trust
THE MERCIAN TRUST
Opened
1 April 2025
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Wolverhampton North East
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 2 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Stroud Avenue, Willenhall, Walsall, West Midlands, WV12 4EG

Website: newleaf.walsall.sch.uk

Telephone: 01922716900

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Sources and corrections

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New Leaf School, URN 151297. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/151297/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.