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Moreton School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Old Fallings Lane, Bushbury, Wolverhampton WV10 8BY · moreton.aatrust.co.uk · 01902 558310

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Feb 2020
GCSEs, 2024/25
39.3
average Attainment 8 score. Wolverhampton 44.5, England 46
Demand for places
0.7
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,130
97% of 1,170 places
Local authority
Wolverhampton
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
58.3%
First language not English
21.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Amethyst Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 122 families put the school first and 178 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: 155 (Places 207)155September 2023: 132 (Places 203)132September 2024: 122 (Places 206)122September 2025: 125 (Places 238)125September 2026: 122 (Places 178)122Places 178
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261781220.7100%
September 2025Sept 20252381250.5100%
September 2024Sept 20242061220.6100%
September 2023Sept 20232031320.7100%
September 2022Sept 20222071550.7100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.3, and 27.3% 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 (28.6 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252017/18: 36.2 (England 46.5)36.22018/19: 41.3 (England 46.7)41.32021/22: 47.5 (England 48.8)47.52022/23: 44.7 (England 46.3)44.72023/24: 36.3 (England 45.9)36.32024/25: 39.3 (England 46.0)39.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼39.346.0
▼27.3%45.4%
▼49.4%64.8%
▲77.8%40.5%
▼3.544.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 104397)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form25.1−18.7
Further education53.2+22.5
Other education1.2—
Apprenticeship2.3−0.6
Employment0.6−3
Not in a lasting destination11.1−5
Activity not captured6.4+3.5

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: 25.9 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 23.8 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 37.1 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 23.3 (England 32.9)D+2021/22: 31.1 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 23.3 (England 34.2)D+2023/24: 24.3 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 28.6 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
28 studentsC (28.6)Average +0.16
29 studentsC- (28.1)Average +0.12
28 studentsMerit+ (27)Below average -0.27
9 studentsDist- (32.3)Average -0.09
0%AAB or better
70%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2435D+ (24.3)-0.67
2022/2317D+ (23.3)—
2021/2225C (31.1)—
2018/1913D+ (23.3)-0.28
2017/186B- (37.1)-0.66
2016/1712D+ (23.8)-0.16
2015/1630C- (25.9)+0.28

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University56+16.6
Further education2—
Apprenticeship8+1.9
Employment6−24.3
Not in a lasting destination20−4.2
Activity not captured8—

Ofsted

Moreton School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 4 February 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Mar 2025 found: Standards maintained.

Outcome
Standards maintained
Inspected
11 Mar 2025
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2020

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 104397), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

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

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2014Good
    Leadership and managementGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 104397)

What parents said

61% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
61%
Replies
54
5% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼70% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼69% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼55% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼63% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼76% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼52% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼69% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼85% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼48% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼45% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 85% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼46% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 57% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼50% agreeEngland 67%

based on 20 parents (37%) with SEND

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