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Wood Green Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Wood Green Road, Wednesbury WS10 9QU · woodgreenacademy.co.uk · 0121 556 4131

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Feb 2020
GCSEs, 2024/25
44.7
average Attainment 8 score. Sandwell 41.8, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,518
99% of 1,530 places
Local authority
Sandwell
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
36.3%
First language not English
28.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Wood Green Academy

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 260 families put the school first and 256 places were offered; 89% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 328 (Places 256)328September 2023: 312 (Places 254)312September 2024: 298 (Places 254)298September 2025: 281 (Places 256)281September 2026: 260 (Places 256)260Places 256
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262562601▲89%
September 2025Sept 20252562811.1▲84%
September 2024Sept 20242542981.2▲80%
September 2023Sept 20232543121.2▲76%
September 2022Sept 20222563281.3▲73%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.7, and 37.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sandwell it was 41.8, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (35.7 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: 46.6 (England 46.3)46.62017/18: 42.2 (England 46.5)42.22018/19: 45.2 (England 46.7)45.22021/22: 48.0 (England 48.8)48.02022/23: 47.1 (England 46.3)47.12023/24: 45.9 (England 45.9)45.92024/25: 44.7 (England 46.0)44.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●44.746.0
▼37.8%45.4%
●64.5%64.8%
▼17.8%40.5%
▼3.744.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form34.5−4.9
Further education51.6+5.9
Other education0.40
Apprenticeship1.9−0.5
Employment0.4−2.4
Not in a lasting destination9.3+3.4
Activity not captured1.9−1.2

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: 27.9 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 28.3 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 24.7 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 28.6 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 36.0 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 30.2 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 32.2 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 35.7 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
99 studentsB- (35.7)Average +0.07
99 studentsB- (35.8)Average +0.08
60 studentsDist+ (37.7)Above average +0.24
12.1%AAB or better
91.8%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24104C+ (32.2)-0.15
2022/23115C (30.2)—
2021/22101B- (36)—
2018/19118C (28.6)-0.12
2017/18109D+ (24.7)-0.22
2016/17108C- (28.3)-0.07
2015/16116C- (27.9)+0.01

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University60.8−8.8
Further and other education2.4+1.6
Further education1.6—
Other education0.8—
Apprenticeship8.8+5.3
Employment8.8−4.2
Not in a lasting destination11.2+3.4
Activity not captured8+2.8

Ofsted

Wood Green Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 February 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Apr 2025 found: Standards maintained.

Outcome
Standards maintained
Inspected
8 Apr 2025
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2020

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Feb 2020Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • May 2012Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Dec 2006Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (79 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
73%
Replies
79
5% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼75% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼75% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼76% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●86% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼80% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼61% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼82% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲94% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●89% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼71% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼60% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 82% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼41% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 49% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲71% agreeEngland 67%

based on 24 parents (30%) with SEND

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