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Ormiston SWB Academy

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,209Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 145008URN

Dudley Street, Bilston, WV14 0LN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to Wolverhampton median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WolverhamptonSelective

452 applications for 225 places · 11th of 19 in Wolverhampton
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.3of 90
16th of 20 in Wolverhampton
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 21 April 2026Published 14 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 21 April 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 24 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
2.0applications per place, Year 7
close to Wolverhampton median (2.0) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

452 applications · 225 places offered · 240 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.4
  5. 2022 2.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.1; Wolverhampton median median 2.5
  7. 2020 1.8; Wolverhampton median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.2; Wolverhampton median median 2.2
  9. 2018 1.8; Wolverhampton median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.3; Wolverhampton median median 2.4; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.1; Wolverhampton median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.3; Wolverhampton median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Wolverhampton median in 1 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Wolverhampton median

Dashed bars: as South Wolverhampton and Bilston Academy (URN 135983), Parkfield High School (URN 104393), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262254522.02401.07
Sep 20252284612.02301.01
Sep 20242224402.02291.03
Sep 20232234472.02351.05
Sep 20222294582.02721.19
Sep 20211943982.12101.08
Sep 20201893311.81530.81
Sep 20192244942.22601.16
Sep 20182264161.82361.04
Sep 2017 *2104182.02201.05
Sep 2016 *1974612.32431.23
Sep 2015 *1964012.11900.97
Sep 2014 *1964472.32391.22

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

194 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.316th of 20 in Wolverhampton
Grade 5 or above in English and maths33%15th of 20 in Wolverhampton
Grade 4 or above in English and maths56%
  • This school
  • Wolverhampton median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.50
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19440.333%56%–
2024/2519342.038%61%–
2023/2421637.423%46%−0.50
2022/2322542.931%54%−0.19

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145008 · 336/4007
Trust
Ormiston Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,270 pupils · 1,209 on roll
Free school meals
55.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2017
Replaced
South Wolverhampton and Bilston Academy (URN 135983); Parkfield High School (URN 104393)
Address
Dudley Street, Bilston, WV14 0LN
Local authority
Wolverhampton

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