Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in WarwickshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry377 applications · 243 places offered · 238 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Warwickshire median median 2.6
- 2025 1.6; Warwickshire median median 2.5
- 2024 2.0; Warwickshire median median 2.4
- 2023 1.8; Warwickshire median median 2.5
- 2022 1.9; Warwickshire median median 2.1
- 2021 1.8; Warwickshire median median 2.0
- 2020 1.8; Warwickshire median median 2.0
- 2019 2.0; Warwickshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.8; Warwickshire median median 1.8
- 2017 2.0; Warwickshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.7; Warwickshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.5; Warwickshire median median 1.6
- 2014 1.4; Warwickshire median median 1.6
- This school
- Warwickshire 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 243 | 377 | 1.6 | 238 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 235 | 365 | 1.6 | 237 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2024 | 237 | 466 | 2.0 | 264 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2023 | 231 | 422 | 1.8 | 247 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 237 | 440 | 1.9 | 273 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2021 | 268 | 476 | 1.8 | 309 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2020 | 238 | 427 | 1.8 | 272 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2019 | 219 | 434 | 2.0 | 276 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2018 | 240 | 425 | 1.8 | 262 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2017 | 224 | 445 | 2.0 | 278 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2016 | 269 | 449 | 1.7 | 325 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2015 | 267 | 400 | 1.5 | 285 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 | 235 | 333 | 1.4 | 246 | 1.05 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 253 | 42.0 | 37% | 59% | – |
| 2024/25 | 237 | 42.7 | 35% | 58% | – |
| 2023/24 | 238 | 40.6 | 29% | 53% | −0.42 |
| 2022/23 | 239 | 47.0 | 45% | 70% | −0.11 |
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
- The Polesworth SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · StaffordshireGood20221.7applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 35.3Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Staffordshire20261.5applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · StaffordshireGood20222.2applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · WarwickshireGood20231.9applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · WarwickshireRemains Good20222.0applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · StaffordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · WarwickshireRequires improvement20231.7applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136459 · 937/4112
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,541 pupils · 1,459 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2011
- Replaced
- The Polesworth School (URN 125736)
- Address
- Dordon Road, Dordon, Tamworth, B78 1QT
- Local authority
- Warwickshire · North Warwickshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources