The Wordsley School
The Wordsley School is a converter academy in Stourbridge for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 906 pupils and room for 915. About 40 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.
Brierley Hill Road, Wordsley, Stourbridge, DY8 5SP01384 816015wordsleyschool.co.ukMr Ashley Weatherhogg headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 21 February 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, although the inspectors did raise some concerns, so a full inspection will follow. 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.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
162 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England. These are the results of The Wordsley School, the school this one replaced.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025† | 2024† | 2023† | 2022† | 2019† | 2018† | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 162 | 165 | 150 | 163 | 140 | 148 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 38.3 | 37.0 | 42.3 | 43.3 | 42.3 | 43.1 | 44.3 | 46.8 |
| Progress from age 11Progress 8 | – | -0.36 | -0.24 | -0.09 | -0.21 | -0.22 | – | – |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 30% | 30% | 36% | 37% | 30% | 39% | 42% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 49% | 49% | 58% | 63% | 60% | 61% | 63% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 3.21 | 3.03 | 3.47 | 3.58 | 3.44 | 3.59 | 3.79 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 12% | 5% | 12% | 7% | 11% | 10% | 29% | 41% |
| Average GCSE score: low-income pupilsAttainment 8, disadvantaged | 26.5 | 29.3 | 36.3 | 36.8 | 40.0 | 30.6 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: other pupilsAttainment 8, non-disadvantaged | 43.1 | 40.8 | 45.1 | 45.4 | 43.4 | 48.1 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers | – | 26.2 | 29.3 | 31.5 | 26.6 | 20.0 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started aheadAttainment 8, high prior attainers | – | 61.3 | 60.5 | 64.2 | 55.2 | 57.3 | – | – |
† These results are for The Wordsley School, the school this one replaced in June 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (153 offers for 211 places).
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Specific learning difficulty (53), emotional and mental health (47), Moderate learning difficulty (41), language and communications needs (23), Autistic spectrum disorder (14), Vision impairment (6).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 90.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 91.4%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 9.9% | 13.9% | 12.9% | 10.3% | 6.5% | 5.1% | 8.6% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 6.5% | 8.6% | 7.3% | 6.9% | 4.8% | 3.9% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 3.5% | 5.3% | 5.6% | 3.4% | 1.7% | 1.3% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 28.4% | 39.2% | 35.4% | 30.5% | 16.6% | 14.7% | 23.9% |
† These attendance figures are for The Wordsley School, the school this one replaced in June 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
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 secondary 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 secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crestwood School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 1,023 | Good 2023 | 29 | Compare |
| Kingswinford Academy | Academy | 1.5 miles | 917 | Good 2024 | 54 | Compare |
| Thorns Collegiate Academy | Academy | 1.6 miles | 861 | Requires improvement 2024 | 9 | Compare |
| Summerhill School | Council | 1.7 miles | 1,093 | Good 2024 | 80 | Compare |
| Ridgewood High School | Academy | 1.9 miles | 641 | Good 2023 | 54 | Compare |
| Redhill School | Academy | 1.9 miles | 1,204 | Good 2024 | 69 | Compare |
| Old Swinford Hospital | Church of England | 2.1 miles | 1,036 | Good 2022 | 85 | Compare |
| The Pedmore High School | Academy | 2.3 miles | 647 | Good 2023 | 19 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Wordsley School a good school?
The Wordsley School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in February 2024.
What is The Wordsley School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Wordsley School good at its last full inspection on 21 February 2024.
How good are The Wordsley School's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 30% 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 38.3, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished about half a grade behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.
How many pupils does The Wordsley School have?
906 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 915 places, so it is 99% full.
What is attendance like at The Wordsley School?
Pupils were in school 90.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 91.4%. 28% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at The Wordsley School?
The average class had 23.2 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 22.8. 3% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
Does The Wordsley School have a sixth form?
No. Pupils leave after Year 11 for a sixth form elsewhere, a college or an apprenticeship.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Brierley Hill Road, Wordsley, Stourbridge, DY8 5SP
- Telephone
- 01384 816015
- Website
- www.wordsleyschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Ashley Weatherhogg
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Secondary school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Stour Vale Academy Trust (13 schools)
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Ward
- Wordsley North
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 June 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151792 · LAESTAB 3324030 · UKPRN 10097831
- Formerly
- The Wordsley School
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.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Dudley council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
- 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.