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Heath Park

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Prestwood Road, Wolverhampton WV11 1RD · heathpark.net · 01902 556360

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
49.3
average Attainment 8 score. Wolverhampton 44.5, England 46
Demand for places
1.3
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,153
95% of 1,214 places
Local authority
Wolverhampton
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
51.6%
First language not English
40.8%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 246 families put the school first and 196 places were offered; 70% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 214 (Places 198)214September 2023: 244 (Places 197)244September 2024: 243 (Places 198)243September 2025: 253 (Places 198)253September 2026: 246 (Places 196)246Places 196
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261962461.3▲70%
September 2025Sept 20251982531.3▲70%
September 2024Sept 20241982431.2▲71%
September 2023Sept 20231972441.2▲67%
September 2022Sept 20221982141.1▲78%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.3, and 37.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wolverhampton it was 44.5, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (31.2 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: 51.4 (England 46.3)51.42017/18: 50.1 (England 46.5)50.12018/19: 53.0 (England 46.7)53.02021/22: 52.8 (England 48.8)52.82022/23: 49.6 (England 46.3)49.62023/24: 54.0 (England 45.9)54.02024/25: 49.3 (England 46.0)49.3England 46.0

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form51.3−5.5
Sixth form college0.5—
Further education35.5+3.7
Other education1.5+1
Apprenticeship1−3.2
Employment1−0.6
Not in a lasting destination6.1+1.9
Activity not captured3+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: 29.8 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 29.8 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 33.7 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 28.4 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 31.6 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 23.7 (England 34.2)D+2023/24: 34.8 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 31.2 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
10.8%AAB or better
100%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2465C+ (34.8)-0.28
2022/2361D+ (23.7)—
2021/2275C (31.6)—
2018/1970C (28.4)-0.14
2017/1878C+ (33.7)+0.15
2016/1781C (29.8)-0.22
2015/1652C (29.8)-0.41

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/20
Left in 2019/20Since 2016/17
University68+9
Further education5+3
Apprenticeship2−4
Employment13−4
Not in a lasting destination9−1
Activity not captured3−3

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Heath Park on 5 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
5 Nov 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

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

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2014

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2014Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Nov 2006Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (21 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
90%
Replies
21
2% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school●90% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●91% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲90% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●86% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲90% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼81% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing●86% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼72% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼68% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 76% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲63% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 52% who had a child bullied

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