The Wilnecote School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 11 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
138936
Address
Tinkers Green Road, Wilnecote, B77 5LF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
909 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
6.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.8%
Persistent absence
24.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.6%
Other White 4.5%
Mixed 3.7%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
African 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.49
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.19
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE23
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE60
ChemistryGCSE59
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE41
Design & TechnologyGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE146
English LiteratureGCSE143
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE33
FrenchGCSE35
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Wilnecote School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
191
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
210
2nd preference
91
3rd preference
31
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
185
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
192
106
86
Year 8
191
80
111
Year 9
191
102
89
Year 10
170
94
76
Year 11
165
80
85
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
83.9%
86.5%
Further education
50.0%
40.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
30.0%
38.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
3.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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