Secondary school in Wolverhampton
Smestow Academy
Windmill Crescent, Wolverhampton, WV3 8HU
Ofsted
Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 11 November 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
GCSE results 2024/25
Attainment 8 score
The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.
Grade 5+ in English & maths
Grade 4+ in English & maths
EBacc average point score
Entered the EBacc
On Attainment 8 this school is in the lower half of state-funded secondaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.
Progress 8 2023/24
Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.
Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.
A levels 2024/25
- Average grade per entry
- C-
- Average points per entry
- 26.5
- A level students
- 9
England average 32.3
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 589
- Places
- 1010
- How full
- 58% full — 589 of 1010 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 295 / 294
- Overall absence
- 8%
- Persistently absent
- 27%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 55%
- English as an additional language
- 42%
- With an EHC plan
- 1%
- On SEN support
- 11%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Wolverhampton 019D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 30%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 21%
- Households owning their home
- 68%
- Households in social housing
- 18%
- Households with no car
- 16%
- Adults economically inactive
- 39%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Ian Chamberlain
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Ward
- Tettenhall Wightwick
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- URN
- 149635
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter's Collegiate AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 44.8 | 1 mi |
| Highfields SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 51.7 | 1.1 mi |
| Perton Middle SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | — | 1.1 mi |
| St Edmund's Catholic AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 50.2 | 1.1 mi |
| St Regis Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 36.5 | 1.2 mi |
| Tettenhall College IncorporatedOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.2 mi |
| Wolverhampton Girls' High SchoolAcademy converter | Outstanding 2023 | 75.4 | 1.4 mi |
| Wolverhampton Grammar SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.5 mi |
Schools with a similar intake
State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Levenshulme High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Outstanding 2022 | 52.5 |
| Bolton St Catherine's AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 34.3 |
| St Regis Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 36.5 |
| Highfield Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Requires improvement 2024 | 30 |
| Oasis Academy EnfieldAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 38.4 |
| Laisterdyke Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 36.1 |
| Tong Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 26.4 |
| The Archbishop's SchoolFoundation school | Good 2023 | 35.2 |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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