Secondary school

The Wordsley School

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  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Dudley
  • DY8 5SP
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected May 2015

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,808 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 86%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 61%61%2016/17: top 60%60% · 2016/172017/18: top 65%2018/19: top 72%2021/22: top 76%2022/23: top 69%2023/24: top 88%2024/25: top 86%No exams

Against West MidlandsArrows: West Midlands rank change since 2021/22

Attainment 838.3 · West Midlands 44.12/10 Well below West Midlands−11.6 pts
Grade 5+ English and maths29.6% · West Midlands 39.3%2/10 Well below West Midlands−5.5 pts
EBacc point score3.21 · West Midlands 3.812/10 Well below West Midlands−9.2 pts
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.36 · West Midlands −0.103/10 Below
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 48.6 · 148 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 44.4 · 144 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 43.1 · 148 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 42.3 · 140 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 43.3 · 163 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 42.3 · 150 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 37 · 165 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 38.3 · 162 pupils · West Midlands 44.1548.637No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 47% · 144 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 39% · 148 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 30% · 140 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 37% · 163 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 36% · 150 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 30.3% · 165 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 29.6% · 162 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%47%29.6%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
120 of 120 who put it first2014 · 99.2%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st120120
2nd445
3rd402

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2024

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Goodas predecessor
  3. 2013Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2015Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor
  6. 2024Remains Goodas predecessor

4 strong areas

  • Quality of teaching
  • Achievement of pupils
  • Leadership and management
  • Behaviour and safety of pupils

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026906
Free school meals (past 6 years)36.8%
First language not English8.3%
SEN support16.2%
EHC plan3.1%
Absence (sessions missed)9.9%
Persistently absent pupils28.4%

Girls 44.7%Boys 55.3%

99% full · 915 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.5
Pupils per adult10.3
  • Classroom teachers 55.6
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 10.8
  • Other support 42.5

Teachers 62.6 FTE · Whole workforce 116 · 156 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 3 months.

  • +£147,000revenue reserve
  • −£154,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: STOUR VALE ACADEMY TRUST (13 academies) · trust reserve £9,308,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

165 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained85.5%
  • Education78.2%
  • Apprenticeship3%
  • Employment4.2%
  • Not sustained7.9%
  • Unknown6.7%