Moreton School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 5 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wolverhampton
Unique reference
144278
Address
Old Fallings Lane, Bushbury, WV10 8BY
Website
Not available

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1051 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
49.5%
Girls
50.5%
First language not English
20.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
52.1%
Persistent absence
28.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 55.2%
Mixed 10.7%
African 8.5%
Indian 6.3%
Other White 6.2%
Other Asian 3.7%
Other 3.5%
Caribbean 1.9%
Other Black 1.8%
Pakistani 1%
Unclassified 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.2
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 86%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.7
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.86
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award27
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE171
English LiteratureGCSE171
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Moreton School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
206
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
122
2nd preference
68
3rd preference
51
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
122
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes24.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
206
83
123
Year 8
206
108
98
Year 9
204
97
107
Year 10
176
86
90
Year 11
170
94
76
Year 12
41
20
21
Year 13
48
32
16
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
55.0%
36.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
29.0%
48.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
1.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
6.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
46.0%
67.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
8.0%
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
0.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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