St Matthias School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
Dec 3 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Wolverhampton
Unique reference
104387
Address
Deans Road, WV1 2BH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
843 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
27.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
58.5%
Persistent absence
29.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
44.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43.2%
Mixed 16.2%
Indian 12.3%
African 9.5%
Other White 6%
Unclassified 4.4%
Caribbean 3.3%
Pakistani 2%
Other Asian 1.7%
Other 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 56%
Local authority average 29%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.4
Local authority average 44.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.63
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award80
Health StudiesTechnical Award55
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE39
BiologyGCSE17
ChemistryGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE186
English LiteratureGCSE179
FrenchGCSE1
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Matthias School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
156
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
112
2nd preference
61
3rd preference
50
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
112
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
157
81
76
Year 8
169
94
75
Year 9
169
77
92
Year 10
160
82
78
Year 11
188
95
93
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
86.2%
85.5%
Further education
75.0%
38.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
12.0%
45.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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