Wednesfield Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wolverhampton
Unique reference
141245
Address
Lichfield Road, Wednesfield, WV11 3ES

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1066 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
53.2%
Girls
46.8%
First language not English
26.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
39.7%
Persistent absence
28.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 48.5%
Indian 17.7%
Mixed 9.5%
African 5.3%
Other White 4.4%
Other Asian 3.5%
Caribbean 3.5%
Unclassified 3.5%
Pakistani 1.5%
Other 1.3%
Other Black 0.9%
Chinese 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 43.2
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.45
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award20
Sports StudiesTechnical Award28
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award26
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award28
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award30
Health StudiesTechnical Award29
MultimediaTechnical Award26
Speech & DramaTechnical Award18
TourismTechnical Award17
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wednesfield Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
181
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
104
2nd preference
67
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
53
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
104
2nd preference
28
3rd preference
16
To another Local Authority
28
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 classes25.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
203
101
102
Year 8
202
111
91
Year 9
205
115
90
Year 10
181
85
96
Year 11
176
99
77
Year 12
42
22
20
Year 13
57
34
23
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
87.6%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
36.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
48.0%
48.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
6.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
64.0%
67.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
14.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
8.0%
14.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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