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Voluntary controlled school · Worcestershire

Wolverley CofE Secondary School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 964Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135061URN

Blakeshall Lane, Wolverley, Kidderminster, DY11 5XQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.6 above Worcestershire median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Worcestershire

382 applications for 167 places · 2nd of 21 in Worcestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.8of 90
24th of 31 in Worcestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 7 Needs attention
  2. 9 November 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.6 above Worcestershire median (1.7) close to England median (2.2)

382 applications · 167 places offered · 190 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.3; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  2. 2025 2.2; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.0; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.1; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 2.4; Worcestershire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.9; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.1; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.8; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.1; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  13. 2014 2.3; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  • This school
  • Worcestershire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261673822.31901.14
Sep 20251723752.22151.25
Sep 20241673382.01630.98
Sep 20231793832.12081.16
Sep 20221774282.42601.47
Sep 20211743351.91891.09
Sep 20201773331.91971.11
Sep 20191703201.91821.07
Sep 20181443042.11761.22
Sep 20171392231.61350.97
Sep 20161262271.81180.94
Sep 2015931922.1880.95
Sep 2014761782.3730.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

175 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.824th of 31 in Worcestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%19th of 31 in Worcestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths55%
  • This school
  • Worcestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.41
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17540.836%55%–
2024/2517142.433%60%–
2023/2417441.532%56%−0.41
2022/2314245.249%67%−0.02

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
135061 · 885/4503
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,008 pupils · 964 on roll
Free school meals
29.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2007
Address
Blakeshall Lane, Wolverley, Kidderminster, DY11 5XQ
Local authority
Worcestershire · Wyre Forest

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources