Wood Green Academy is a secondary school located in Wednesbury. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 16/05/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.7%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Wood Green Road, Wednesbury, WS10 9QU
Website: www.woodgreenacademy.co.uk
Telephone: 01215564131
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Sandwell
Headteacher / Principal: Mr James Topham
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136616

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 16/05/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1530
Number of Pupils: 1507
Number of Boys: 797
Number of Girls: 710

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.04 Confidence interval -0.2 to 0.13
Of the 247 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 239 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:15%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:34%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.79
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Fullbrook Nursery School
West Bromwich Road , WS5 4NN
4out of 4 1,763 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Alumwell Nursery School
Primley Avenue , WS2 9UP
4out of 4 2,638 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Rowley View Nursery School
149 Dangerfield Lane , WS10 7RU
4out of 4 2,666 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Albert Pritchard Infant School
Crew Road , WS10 9QG
3out of 4 753 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
Park Hill Primary School
Coronation Road , WS10 0TJ
3out of 4 772 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
Wood Green Junior School
Hobs Road , WS10 9BW
3out of 4 1,004 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Hillary Primary School
Hillary Street , Pleck WS2 9BP
3out of 4 1,174 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Mesty Croft Primary
St Luke's Road , WS10 0QY
3out of 4 1,283 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wood Green Academy
Wood Green Road , WS10 9QU
4out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School
Wood Green Road , WS10 9QS
- not rated 176 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Joseph Leckie Academy
Walstead Road West , WS5 4PG
2out of 4 1,665 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Wodensborough Ormiston Academy
Hydes Road , WS10 0DR
2out of 4 1,838 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
West Walsall E-ACT Academy
Primley Avenue , WS2 9UA
3out of 4 2,294 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
High Point Academy
Friar Park Road , WS10 0JS
- not rated 1,403 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School
Homeschool
49 Manifold Way , Sandwell WS10 0GB
- not rated 1,715 yd Other independent special school Yes Mixed More About School
Abu Bakr Girls School
154- 160 Wednesbury Road , Palfrey WS1 4JJ
- not rated 1,720 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
Sandwell Community School
Westminster Road , B71 2JN
3out of 4 2,708 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Ladder School
Millennium House , 24 Lower Hall Lane WS1 1RL
- not rated 2,720 yd Free schools alternative provision No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.