Wolgarston High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 5 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
13 - 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
Staffordshire
Unique reference
145381
Address
Cannock Road, Penkridge, ST19 5RX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
826 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
0.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.4%
Persistent absence
18.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.7%
Mixed 4.3%
Other White 1.5%
Indian 1.2%
Irish 0.8%
Pakistani 0.4%
African 0.4%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.64
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 53%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.1
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.61
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award46
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE60
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE64
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE64
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE207
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
225
126
99
Year 10
211
109
102
Year 11
209
96
113
Year 12
94
44
50
Year 13
87
52
35
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
83.9%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
40.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
49.0%
38.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
3.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
69.0%
55.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
26.0%
11.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
18.0%
9.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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