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Featherstone Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
The Avenue, Featherstone, Wolverhampton WV10 7AS · 01902 734167
On the mapSearch near WV10 7AS
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 69%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Staffordshire 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 3.56 mi
- 5.73 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Staffordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 250
- 98% of 256 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 29%
- First language not English
- 9.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 3.56 mi (5.73 km) from the school. Source: Staffordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 28 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 42 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 37 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 3.56 mi5.73 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% the higher standard. Across Staffordshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲69% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Featherstone Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2008Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Replies
- 57
- 28% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (26%) with SEND