Wightwick Hall School
Academy special converter · Mixed · Staffordshire
Tinacre Hill, Wolverhampton, WV6 8DA
–
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
—
No council data
Attendance
84.2%
38.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
175
Capacity used
Has space80%
220 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Details
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Alex Steer
- Address
- Tinacre Hill, Compton, Wolverhampton, WV6 8DA
- Phone
- 01902761889
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Perton Wrottesley · Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 144209
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 45% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ENDEAVOUR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
175 pupils · 220 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
12 May 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Expected standard Achievement Expected standard Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Expected standard Attendance and behaviour Expected standard Leadership and governance Expected standard Early years Not applicable Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard Post-16 provision Expected standard - 22
30 March 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 140 pupils
Attendance
84.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
15.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
38.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
10.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
7.8%
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 over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 4.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.52 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 18 | — |
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.
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Science | 9 | 0% | 0% | 22% | |
| English Language | 9 | 0% | 0% | 11% | |
| Mathematics | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
Loading prices…
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.