72 / 100
Strong
Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.
Academic Outcomes
68
Inspection
78
Admissions Value
64
Destinations
59
Stability & Context
100
Top 50% of secondary schools in England
Top 50% nationally
#3 of 19 schools in Wolverhampton
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From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.
Safeguarding
Graded 3 February 2026
Inclusion
Graded 3 February 2026
Curriculum and teaching
Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.
Academic year
2025/26
Published admission number (PAN)
266
Places offered by the school
Applications received
863
Times listed as any preference
Offers made
266
Preferred offers from this school
Oversubscription ratio
3.24×
Applications per place
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Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.
Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25
Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.
Attainment 8
51.7
Progress 8
Not published
English & maths 5+
59.1%
English & maths 4+
80.4%
EBacc entry
6.9%
WV4 4NT - Boundary Way, Penn, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
This school is one of 284 schools in Wolverhampton.
Total schools
284
Open schools
126
Closed schools
158
Primary schools
182
Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.
The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.
Graded 3 February 2026
Achievement
Graded 3 February 2026
Attendance and behaviour
Graded 3 February 2026
Personal development and wellbeing
Graded 3 February 2026
Leadership and governance
Graded 3 February 2026
Post-16
Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.
Report card
Good
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Offer rate
30.8%
Offers as a share of applications
First preference offers: 251
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EBacc achievement
4.0%
Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25
Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.
APS
31.8
Value added
-0.27
AAB %
17.4%
Retention %
Not published
Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23
Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).
Education %
89.0%
Employment %
2.0%
Apprenticeships %
3.0%
NEET %
5.0%
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Secondary schools
42
Special schools
0
Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Wolverhampton)