Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical)
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) is a pupil referral unit in Willenhall for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 66 pupils, 36 more than it has places for. About 57 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.
Bilston Lane, Willenhall, WV13 2QJ01902 632719shepwellschool.co.ukMrs Lisa Southall headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 10 July 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
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 Walsall 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: emotional and mental health (35), Autistic spectrum disorder (12), language and communications needs (9), Moderate learning difficulty (4), Other difficulty or disability (3), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 66 | 89 | 67 | 49 | 35 | 32 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 58% | 53% | 58% | 53% | 51% | 59% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 7% | 0% | 6% | 17% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 91% | 100% | 92% | 83% | 100% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 15 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 60%, compared with – for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 67% | 64% | 86% |
| Education | 67% | 64% | 86% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Work | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Not in education, work or training | 13% | 18% | 14% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Giles Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 510 m | 449 | Good 2024 | 83 | Compare |
| Barcroft Academy | Academy | 620 m | 453 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| County Bridge Primary School | Council | 920 m | 229 | Good 2022 | 87 | Compare |
| WV2 Education | Independent | 0.7 miles | 56 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston | Roman Catholic | 0.7 miles | 245 | Outstanding 2023 | 86 | Compare |
| Bentley West Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 436 | Requires improvement 2022 | 1 | Compare |
| Woods Bank Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 303 | Good 2024 | 57 | Compare |
| St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall | Roman Catholic | 0.8 miles | 1,464 | Good 2022 | 21 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) a good school?
Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in July 2024.
What is Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical)'s Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) good at its last full inspection on 10 July 2024.
How many pupils does Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical) have?
66 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 30 places, so it is 220% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Bilston Lane, Willenhall, WV13 2QJ
- Telephone
- 01902 632719
- Website
- www.shepwellschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Southall
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Ward
- Willenhall South
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton South East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 October 1997
- URN
- 131619 · LAESTAB 3351101 · UKPRN 10016528
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.
- 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, consistent financial reporting 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.