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Heath Park

Secondary · Wolverhampton · WV11 1RD

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 5 November 2024

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At a glance

1,153 pupils · 95% of 1,214 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
51.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
40.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.heathpark.net/
URN
137730

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 246 families named it first for 196 Year 7 places, 1.26 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.816 miles, the only Year 7 round we hold for it. At its inspection on 5 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.26 first-choice applications per place

196 places offered · 246 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.816 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.816 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

196 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
49.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
61.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
37.8%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.6
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C
31.2
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school49.3
Median of its 12 closest peers42.8
Wolverhampton average45.6
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Ellis Guilford SchoolNottingham · 46 miles awayGood37.1
Foxford Community SchoolCoventry · 28 miles awayGood41
St Peter's CofE AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 28 miles awayGood34.4
Castle Mead AcademyLeicester · 40 miles awayOutstanding48
St Cuthbert's High SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 165 miles awayGood49
Co-op Academy Stoke-On-TrentStoke-on-Trent · 32 miles awayGood42.7
Haberdashers' Knights AcademyBromley · 121 miles awayGood42.9
Royal Greenwich Trust SchoolLondon · 119 miles awayGood37.4
Sedgehill AcademyLondon · 120 miles awayGood43.9
Harris Invictus Academy CroydonCroydon · 120 miles awayOutstanding45
Barr's Hill SchoolCoventry · 28 miles awayOutstanding46.7
Dixons Broadgreen AcademyLiverpool · 65 miles awayRequires improvement34.4

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 25% (Wolverhampton 34%, England 59%) · Asian Indian 21% (Wolverhampton 20%, England 4%) · Black African 13% (Wolverhampton 11%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 9% (Wolverhampton 6%, England 2%) · Any other White background 7% (Wolverhampton 5%, England 7%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Wolverhampton 5%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Wolverhampton 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Wolverhampton 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Wolverhampton 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Wolverhampton 4%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (Wolverhampton 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Wolverhampton 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.04 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wolverhampton: 11.62 suspensions and 0.27 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

67.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,603; 19.5% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,271
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (77%) · premises 18% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £13,170,000; in-year balance +£1,804,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
92%
Continuing in education
88%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
59%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
13%
Any sustained destination
80%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications25.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work18.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier45.7%62.3%
Social housing26.7%17.1%
Privately rented27.4%20.5%
Detached houses11.5%22.9%
Flats27.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van39%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010477 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£200,000238 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£150,000–£249,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (20)£301,000
Semi-detached (127)£222,000
Terraced (64)£160,000
Flat (27)£90,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
39an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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