Colton Hills Community School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Wolverhampton
Jeremy Road, Wolverhampton, WV4 5DG
57
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.1%
27.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,163
Capacity used
Over capacity102%
1,144 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
110 of 110 families who put it first got an offer
237
Places offered
323
Total applications
1.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 110 | 110 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 75 | 45 | ● 60% |
| 3rd preference | 57 | 27 | ● 47% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 81 | 16 | ● 20% |
| Total | 323 | 198 | 61% |
1st preference success by year
Wolverhampton lets families list 5 preferences. 8 applications came from outside the council area (4 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Julie Hunter
- Address
- Jeremy Road, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, WV4 5DG
- Phone
- 01902558420
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Ward / constituency
- Blakenhall · Wolverhampton West
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 104395
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 56% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 67% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,163 pupils · 1,144 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
15 November 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,047 pupils
Attendance
91.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
27.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 39.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.18 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 30% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 46% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.27 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 20.57 | — | — |
Average grade: D (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 24.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 50.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 16.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.16 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 161 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 24.52 | 35 |
| Average grade | D+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 48 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 159 | 9% | 31% | 57% | |
| English Language | 159 | 9% | 35% | 53% | |
| Religious Studies | 158 | 10% | 41% | 56% | |
| English Literature | 158 | 8% | 44% | 59% | |
| Combined Science | 118 | 2% | 14% | 35% | |
| History | 61 | 11% | 36% | 44% | |
| Computer Science | 50 | 10% | 32% | 36% | |
| Biology | 41 | 20% | 54% | 90% | |
| Physics | 40 | 18% | 43% | 75% | |
| Chemistry | 40 | 23% | 63% | 93% | |
| Geography | 38 | 11% | 26% | 37% | |
| Art and Design | 37 | 16% | 35% | 51% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 20 | 5% | 5% | 25% | |
| Mathematics | 16 | 6% | 6% | 6% | |
| Chemistry | 14 | 7% | 7% | 14% | |
| Psychology | 10 | 0% | 0% | 40% | |
| Geography | 8 | 0% | 13% | 63% | |
| English Literature | 8 | 0% | 13% | 38% | |
| Physics | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Economics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Punjabi | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Art and Design | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| German | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #324 of 1,897 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12774: Colton Hills Community School, Wolverhampton
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 72% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 6% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 76% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Wolverhampton council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.