Secondary
Wednesfield Academy
Lichfield Road, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, WV11 3ES
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1025 of 1050 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 87.0
- Pupils per adult
- 12.3
- Pupils
- 1,066
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
November 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
December 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
42%
1 points above the Wolverhampton average (41% across 21 schools)
44.9
0.7 below the Wolverhampton average (45.6 across 21 schools)
9th of 24 by our score, among the secondary schools in Wolverhampton we can score - 29 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.18 |
| Entered the EBacc | 55% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.21 |
| A level students | 46 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46% |
| 22/23 | 39% |
| 23/24 | 40% |
| 24/25 | 42% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 26.5 |
| 22/23 | 17.9 |
| 23/24 | 25.9 |
| 24/25 | 29.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.32 |
| 22/23 | -0.28 |
| 23/24 | -0.16 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.9 |
| 22/23 | 43.2 |
| 23/24 | 42.1 |
| 24/25 | 44.9 |
Lichfield Road, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, WV11 3ES
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Wolverhampton admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Joe Phillips
- Address
- Lichfield Road, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, WV11 3ES
- Telephone
- 01902558222