Transport links
Where the Academy is oversubscribed, one of our admissions criteria is to offer up to 25 places to students in each of the six towns of Sandwell (known as ‘nodes’) – Wednesbury, Oldbury, Smethwick, Tipton, West Bromwich and Rowley Regis.
In a nodal point structure, we look at how close students live to their closest nodal point rather than how far they live from the Academy, which will ensure that every child in Sandwell will have the opportunity to gain a place at the Academy.
Public Transport links from each nodal point to Shireland CBSO Academy
Please note that travel times given are approximate and are taken from the nodal point to the Academy building, including any sections on foot.
Nodal point location: Where Holyhead Road joins Patent Shaft Roundabout.
Transport:
- National Express West Midlands bus 79 towards West Bromwich (32 minutes).
Nodal point location: Where Hadzor Road meets Castle Road East.
Transport options:
- National Express West Midlands bus 48 towards West Bromwich (35 minutes).
- National Express West Midlands bus 48A towards West Bromwich (43 minutes).
Nodal point location: Where Wilson Road meets Sycamore Road.
Transport options:
- National Express West Midlands bus 54 towards West Bromwich (44 minutes).
- National Express West Midlands bus 80 towards West Bromwich (40 minutes).
Nodal point location: Where Saint Mark’s Road meets Upper Church Lane (B4163).
Transport options:
- National Express West Midlands bus 42 towards West Bromwich (34 minutes).
- National Express West Midlands bus 43 towards West Bromwich (35 minutes).
Nodal point location: Where Providence Place meets the Cronehills Linkway.
This nodal point is next to the school site.
Nodal point location: Where Regis Road meets Birmingham Road (B4171).
Transport options:
- Diamond Bus 4H towards Walsall/West Bromwich (34 minutes).
