Secondary
Smestow Academy
Windmill Crescent, Wolverhampton, WV3 8HU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 589 of 1010 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.7
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 59.4
- Pupils per adult
- 10.3
- Pupils
- 614
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 November 2025
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
Safeguarding: not met
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formRequires improvement
GCSE results
31%
10 points below the Wolverhampton average (41% across 21 schools)
42.6
3.0 below the Wolverhampton average (45.6 across 21 schools)
18th 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 | 42.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.78 |
| Entered the EBacc | 46% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% |
| A level average points per entry | 26.47 |
| A level students | 9 |
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 time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 44% |
| 24/25 | 31% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 22.2 |
| 24/25 | 26.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 44.3 |
| 24/25 | 42.6 |
Windmill Crescent, Wolverhampton, WV3 8HU
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
- Ian Chamberlain
- Address
- Windmill Crescent, Wolverhampton, WV3 8HU
- Telephone
- 01902539500