Wombourne High School is a secondary school located in Wolverhampton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 14/03/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.4%, which is 1.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Ounsdale Road, Wolverhampton, WV5 8BJ
Website: http://www.wombournehighschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01902504930
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Staffordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Dr Gemma Smith
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 141343

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 14/03/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1106
Number of Pupils: 942
Number of Boys: 467
Number of Girls: 475

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.18 Confidence interval -0.39 to 0.02
Of the 146 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 145 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:70%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:98%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:42%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:47.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.37
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Westfield Primary School
Ounsdale Road , Wombourne WV5 8BH
3out of 4 251 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Lindale Drive , Wombourne WV5 8DZ
3out of 4 280 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary School
School Road , Wombourne WV5 9DZ
1out of 4 1,011 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Blakeley Heath Primary School
Sytch Lane , Wombourne WV5 0JR
3out of 4 1,091 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
All Saints' CofE Primary School
School Road , Trysull WV5 7HR
- not rated 2,041 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wombourne High School
Ounsdale Road , Wombourne WV5 8BJ
2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cherry Trees School
Giggetty Lane , Wombourne WV5 0AX
4out of 4 604 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.