The Wordsley School Business & Enterprise & Music College is a secondary school located in Stourbridge. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 21/05/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.1%, which is 1.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Brierley Hill Road, Stourbridge

School Information

Address: Brierley Hill Road, Stourbridge, DY8 5SP
Website: http://www.wordsleyschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01384816015
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Dudley
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Gareth Burton
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 103858

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 21/05/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 845
Number of Pupils: 819
Number of Boys: 423
Number of Girls: 396

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

: -0.21 Confidence interval -0.42 to 0
Of the 140 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 140 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:11%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:91%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:30%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:42.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.44
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Hawbush Primary School
Hawbush Road, DY5 3NH
680 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
2out of 4Dingle Community Primary School
Madeley Road, DY6 8PF
690 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Brook Primary School
George Street, Wordsley DY8 5YN
999 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Bromley Hills Primary School
Granville Drive, DY6 8LW
1,143 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
2out of 4Fairhaven Primary School
Barnett Lane, Wordsley DY8 5PY
1,160 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4The Wordsley School Business & Enterprise & Music College
Brierley Hill Road, Wordsley DY8 5SP
0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4The Crestwood School
Bromley Lane, Kingswinford DY6 8QG
1,222 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Kingswinford Academy
Water Street, DY6 7AD
2,643 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
1out of 4Thorns Collegiate Academy
Stockwell Avenue, DY5 2NU
2,883 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Summerhill School
Lodge Lane, DY6 9XE
2,914 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedKing Edward VI College Stourbridge
Lower High Street, DY8 1TD
2,685 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Pens Meadow School
Ridge Hill Site, Buckpool Way DY8 5ST
537 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4The Brier School
Bromley Lane, DY6 8QN
1,212 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School
- not ratedGlasshouse College
Wollaston Road, Amblecote DY8 4HF
1,628 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4The Old Park School
Thorns Road, DY5 2JY
3,129 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.