Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- 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
- 3 February 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 19 October 2021Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry825 applications · 271 places offered · 346 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.0
- 2025 3.2; Wolverhampton median median 2.5
- 2024 2.8; Wolverhampton median median 2.2
- 2023 2.8; Wolverhampton median median 2.4
- 2022 2.9; Wolverhampton median median 2.1
- 2021 3.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.5
- 2020 3.1; Wolverhampton median median 2.1
- 2019 3.2; Wolverhampton median median 2.2
- 2018 3.4; Wolverhampton median median 1.8
- 2017 3.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.0
- 2016 3.1; Wolverhampton median median 2.4
- 2015 2.9; Wolverhampton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.9; Wolverhampton median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Wolverhampton median
Dashed bars: as Highfields School (URN 104386), the previous school.
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 | 271 | 825 | 3.0 | 346 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2025 | 266 | 863 | 3.2 | 395 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2024 | 277 | 783 | 2.8 | 352 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2023 | 273 | 769 | 2.8 | 343 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2022 | 273 | 800 | 2.9 | 351 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2021 | 275 | 825 | 3.0 | 333 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2020 | 277 | 848 | 3.1 | 323 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2019 | 275 | 885 | 3.2 | 359 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2018 | 244 | 833 | 3.4 | 345 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2017 | 249 | 752 | 3.0 | 298 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2016 | 250 | 775 | 3.1 | 354 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2015 * | 234 | 678 | 2.9 | 282 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2014 * | 237 | 675 | 2.9 | 279 | 1.18 |
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.) | 279 | 50.0 | 56% | 77% | – |
| 2024/25 | 276 | 51.7 | 59% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 273 | 50.0 | 56% | 77% | +0.30 |
| 2022/23 | 256 | 51.3 | 58% | 75% | +0.38 |
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
- Highfields SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.0applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · WolverhamptonSerious weaknesses 20252.2applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · WolverhamptonGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · WolverhamptonStandards maintained202525.1applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · WolverhamptonRemains Good20231.3applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · WolverhamptonStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 51.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · WolverhamptonOutstanding20233.8applications per place 75.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.6 km · Staffordshire20261.7applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · StaffordshireRemains Good2023
- 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
- 142317 · 336/4113
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,791 pupils · 1,765 on roll
- Free school meals
- 34.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2015
- Replaced
- Highfields School (URN 104386)
- Address
- Boundary Way, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 4NT
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources