The Wilnecote School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Tamworth, B77 5LF
- Distance
- 3.1km away
The Polesworth School
Dordon Road, Dordon, Tamworth, B78 1QT
Local ranking28th of 38 secondary schools in Warwickshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1541
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 2 February 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 253
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 43.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 38.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
102
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 209
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1451
- Boys
- 696 (48%)
- Girls
- 763 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1541 (95% full)
- SEND
- 19.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.2%
- EAL
- 2.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 17.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 84.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,325/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.7%
- White Other: 3.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.4%
- Black African: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
90.7%
White British
3.0%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Dordon Road
Tamworth, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 136459
- UKPRN
- 10032964
- Establishment No.
- 4112
- Trust
- COMMUNITY ACADEMIES TRUST
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