Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong 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
- 12 May 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 5 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 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.) | 211 | 48.2 | 51% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 204 | 47.6 | 47% | 76% | – |
| 2023/24 | 211 | 49.2 | 50% | 72% | +0.38 |
| 2022/23 | 207 | 52.1 | 59% | 73% | +0.64 |
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
- Wolgarston High SchoolThis schoolThis school202648.2Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Staffordshire2026
- 2.5 km · StaffordshireSpecial measures Inadequate20241.8applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20232.8applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · StaffordshireGood20231.7applications per place 33.3Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · StaffordshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · StaffordshireRequires significant improvement 20261.8applications per place 35.3Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · Staffordshire20261.9applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · StaffordshireStandards maintained20241.6applications per place 48.3Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145381 · 860/4100
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 860 pupils · 847 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2018
- Replaced
- Wolgarston High School (URN 124415)
- Address
- Cannock Road, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5RX
- Local authority
- Staffordshire · South Staffordshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources