SchoolFacts.uk

Heath Park

Secondary · Wolverhampton · WV11 1RD

⇄ Compare with another school
Good

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

We show the lowest of the four areas Ofsted did judge, listed below. Why some schools have no overall grade →

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

Inspected 5 November 2024

Read the Ofsted report ↗

At a glance

1,153 pupils · 95% of 1,214 capacity

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

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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

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. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

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.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

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

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
20%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

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

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,271
Typical secondary school£7,798

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

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%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01010477 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,255 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£200,000231 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£150,000–£248,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (20)£301,000
Semi-detached (121)£222,000
Terraced (63)£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.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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 5.8
All reported collisions
39an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby schools