Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
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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 entry44 applications · 24 places offered · 24 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
- 2026 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2025 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2023 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- 2022 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
- 2021 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.7
- This school
- Staffordshire 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 | 24 | 44 | 1.8 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 38 | 64 | 1.7 | 32 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2024 | 41 | 66 | 1.6 | 35 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2023 | 27 | 40 | 1.5 | 23 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2022 | 36 | 51 | 1.4 | 34 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 33 | 42 | 1.3 | 31 | 0.94 |
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.) | 50 | 36.3 | 24% | 40% | – |
| 2024/25 | 54 | 37.6 | 17% | 44% | – |
| 2023/24 | 35 | 37.7 | 26% | 40% | −0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 57 | 34.1 | 19% | 37% | −0.42 |
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 Rural Enterprise AcademyThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures Inadequate20241.8applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Staffordshire202648.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Staffordshire2026
- 5.0 km · StaffordshireGood2024
- 5.5 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20232.8applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · Staffordshire20261.9applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · StaffordshireGood20231.7applications per place 33.3Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · StaffordshireGood20232.3applications per place 41.3Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138351 · 860/4007
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 300 pupils · 217 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Address
- Rodbaston Drive, Penkridge, ST19 5PH
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · South Staffordshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources