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Aldersley High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,262Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 139138URN

Barnhurst Lane, Codsall, Wolverhampton, WV8 1RT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodNov 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jun 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.2 below Wolverhampton median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WolverhamptonSelective

304 applications for 169 places · 14th of 19 in Wolverhampton
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.4of 90
12th of 20 in Wolverhampton
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodNov 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jun 2023

Inspection history

  1. 14 June 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 5 November 2014
    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
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.2 below Wolverhampton median (2.0) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

304 applications · 169 places offered · 114 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Wolverhampton median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.7; Wolverhampton median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.4; Wolverhampton median median 2.4
  5. 2022 2.1; Wolverhampton median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.6; Wolverhampton median median 2.5
  7. 2020 2.1; Wolverhampton median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.2
  9. 2018 1.7; Wolverhampton median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.8; Wolverhampton median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.8; Wolverhampton median median 2.4
  12. 2015 2.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.8; Wolverhampton median median 1.8
More applications per place than the Wolverhampton median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Wolverhampton 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 20261693041.81140.67
Sep 20252003301.71320.66
Sep 20242043992.01540.75
Sep 20232054822.42111.03
Sep 20222324872.12010.87
Sep 20212015162.62191.09
Sep 20202064382.12010.98
Sep 20192094182.01970.94
Sep 20181953301.71360.70
Sep 20171622941.81420.88
Sep 20161652951.81320.80
Sep 20151282592.01060.83
Sep 20141582791.81230.78

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

208 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.412th of 20 in Wolverhampton
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%12th of 20 in Wolverhampton
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%
  • This school
  • Wolverhampton median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.13
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20845.441%59%–
2024/2520443.532%60%–
2023/2421043.833%55%−0.13
2022/2320246.534%55%+0.14

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

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
139138 · 336/5402
Trust
Amethyst Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,480 pupils · 1,262 on roll
Free school meals
48.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 January 2013
Replaced
Aldersley High School (URN 104404)
Address
Barnhurst Lane, Codsall, Wolverhampton, WV8 1RT
Local authority
Wolverhampton

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