High Point Academy
High Point Academy is a special free school in Wednesbury for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 115 pupils, 19 more than it has places for. About 47 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
Friar Park Road, Wednesbury, WS10 0JS0121 594 0750highpoint.fet.acMrs Hayley Tinsley headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 8 May 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
9 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | Sandwell | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 9 | 11 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 42.7 | 46.8 |
| Progress from age 11Progress 8 | – | -2.49 | – | – |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 0% | 9% | 35% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 0% | 18% | 57% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 0.17 | 0.32 | 3.68 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 0% | 0% | 30% | 41% |
Subjects
Results came out for 3 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.
The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.
Every subject against England, 2025
| Subject | Entries | Grades 9 to 7 | Grades 9 to 5 | Grades 9 to 4 | England 9 to 5 | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 53% | – |
| English Language | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 54% | – |
| Biology | 8 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 82% | – |
In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Sandwell council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (70), emotional and mental health (30), Moderate learning difficulty (6), Multi-sensory impairment (5), language and communications needs (3), Vision impairment (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 115 | 108 | 96 | 73 | 30 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 47% | 46% | 39% | 41% | 33% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 12% | 13% | 15% | 15% | 20% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 86.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 13.5% | 13.2% | 16.2% | 16.1% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 7.3% | 9.8% | 11.0% | 10.6% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 6.2% | 3.4% | 5.1% | 5.6% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 35.2% | 35.7% | 40.8% | 51.5% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 7.4 | 9.4 | 6.9 | 13.3 | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other special schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Priory Primary School | Council | 530 m | 458 | Report card 2026 | 63 | Compare |
| Park Hill Primary School | Foundation | 590 m | 231 | Report card 2026 | 22 | Compare |
| Tameside Primary Academy | Academy | 640 m | 388 | Good 2023 | 80 | Compare |
| Hall Green Primary School | Council | 0.6 miles | 466 | Good 2023 | 48 | Compare |
| Wodensborough Ormiston Academy | Academy | 0.6 miles | 1,119 | Report card 2025 | 19 | Compare |
| Mesty Croft Primary | Academy | 0.7 miles | 410 | Good 2023 | 12 | Compare |
| Joseph Leckie Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,524 | Report card 2026 | 38 | Compare |
| Wood Green Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,518 | Good 2020 | 52 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is High Point Academy a good school?
High Point Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in May 2024.
What is High Point Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated High Point Academy good at its last full inspection on 8 May 2024.
How good are High Point Academy's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 0% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 6.8, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished well over a grade behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.
How many pupils does High Point Academy have?
115 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 96 places, so it is 120% full.
What is attendance like at High Point Academy?
Pupils were in school 86.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 35% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Friar Park Road, Wednesbury, WS10 0JS
- Telephone
- 0121 594 0750
- Website
- highpoint.fet.ac
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hayley Tinsley
- Type of school
- Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Forward Education Trust (6 schools)
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Ward
- Friar Park
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2021 (new provision)
- URN
- 148400 · LAESTAB 3337000 · UKPRN 10088762
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.