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The Polesworth School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Dordon Road, Dordon, Tamworth B78 1QT · thepolesworthschool.com · 01827 702205

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
42.7
average Attainment 8 score. Warwickshire 48, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,459
95% of 1,541 places
Local authority
Warwickshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
20.1%
First language not English
3.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Community Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 238 families put the school first and 243 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 273 (Places 237)273September 2023: 247 (Places 231)247September 2024: 264 (Places 237)264September 2025: 237 (Places 235)237September 2026: 238 (Places 243)238Places 243
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262432381100%
September 2025Sept 20252352371▲96%
September 2024Sept 20242372641.1▲87%
September 2023Sept 20232312471.1▲90%
September 2022Sept 20222372731.2▲85%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.7, and 35.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Warwickshire it was 48, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (31.1 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 45.1 (England 46.3)45.12017/18: 47.3 (England 46.5)47.32018/19: 48.7 (England 46.7)48.72021/22: 46.1 (England 48.8)46.12022/23: 47.0 (England 46.3)47.02023/24: 40.6 (England 45.9)40.62024/25: 42.7 (England 46.0)42.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼42.746.0
▼35.4%45.4%
▼58.2%64.8%
▼37.1%40.5%
▼3.834.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form34.5−4.4
Sixth form college1.3−1.6
Further education45.4+11.9
Other education1.30
Apprenticeship4.6−1.7
Employment5−1.7
Not in a lasting destination5−4.2
Activity not captured2.9+1.6

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 32.8 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 30.3 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 30.9 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 30.9 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 35.9 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 30.7 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 32.2 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 31.1 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
102 studentsC (31.1)Below average -0.16
102 studentsC (31.2)Below average -0.16
35 studentsDist (35.6)Well above average +0.65
10.1%AAB or better
95.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24114C+ (32.2)+0.05
2022/23129C (30.7)—
2021/22146B- (35.9)—
2018/19139C (30.9)+0.06
2017/18189C (30.9)-0.10
2016/17130C (30.3)-0.07
2015/16148C+ (32.8)+0.08

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University53.7+1.4
Further education0.8−1.2
Apprenticeship5.7−1.6
Employment25.2−5.9
Not in a lasting destination9.8+4.5
Activity not captured4.9+2.9

Ofsted

The Polesworth School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
2 Feb 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2015

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2015Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
  • Dec 2007Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

61% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (163 replies, to 1 January 2024).

Recommend
61%
Replies
163
11% · 1 Jan 2024
Child is happy at school▼66% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼65% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼54% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼76% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▼71% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼51% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼66% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●91% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲93% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼58% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼58% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 86% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼41% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 58% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼44% agreeEngland 67%

based on 47 parents (29%) with SEND

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