St Peter's Collegiate AcademyHighfields School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Wolverhampton.

Summary of the comparison

St Peter's Collegiate Academy and Highfields School are secondary schools in Wolverhampton.

  • St Peter's Collegiate Academy scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Highfields School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average). Highfields School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Peter's Collegiate Academy was judged the expected standard and Highfields School was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 44.8 for St Peter's Collegiate Academy and 51.7 for Highfields School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at St Peter's Collegiate Academy (49.8 in 2021-22, 44.8 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Highfields School (51.8 in 2021-22, 51.7 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Peter's Collegiate Academy versus Highfields School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WolverhamptonSt Peter's Collegiate AcademyWolverhamptonHighfields SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC57/100C66/100Stronger figure
Local ranking10th of 20 in Wolverhampton 5th of 20 in Wolverhampton Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,306 1,781
Capacity1,326 1,791
LocationWolverhampton, WV3 9DU Wolverhampton, WV4 4NT
GCSE results
Attainment 844.8 51.7 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths37.1% 59.1% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths62.9% 80.4% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc11.3% Stronger figure6.9% 40.5%
EBacc average point score3.67 4.09 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort221 276
A-level results
A-level entries102 184
A-level average points28.4 31.8 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeC C+
Best 3 A-levels points30.6 32.6 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects6.5% 17.4% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,306 1,781
Free school meals (ever 6)37.2% 32.2%
English as an additional language50.7% 15.0%
SEN support15.3% 17.4%
SEN with an EHC plan1.2% 2.4%
Attendance
Overall absence6.7% 6.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence17.4% 17.2% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Peter's Collegiate Academy

Highfields School

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