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Codsall Middle School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 9–13 · Academy
Wolverhampton Road, Codsall, Wolverhampton WV8 1PB · codsall-middle.staffs.sch.uk · 01902 843177
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Staffordshire 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2024
- Pupils
- 516
- 36 over 480 places · 108%
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 17.6%
- First language not English
- 2.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2024, 31 families put the school first and 20 places were offered; 58% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 20 | 31 | 1.6▲ | 58% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 11 | 22 | 2▲ | 32% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 14 | 17 | 1.2▲ | 65% |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 25 | 30 | 1.2▲ | 57% |
| September 2020Sept 2020 | 18 | 20 | 1.1▲ | 75% |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% 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 | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124424)
Ofsted
Codsall Middle School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 September 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Oct 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 22 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (133 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 133
- 25% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (17%) with SEND