The Wilnecote School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Tamworth, B77 5LF
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Lift Tamworth
Birds Bush Road, Belgrave, Tamworth, B77 2NE
Local ranking57th of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 21 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 26.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 45.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 133
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 9.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 605
- Boys
- 320 (50%)
- Girls
- 316 (50%)
- Capacity
- 900 (71% full)
- SEND
- 22.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.0%
- EAL
- 4.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 18.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,586/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
- 11.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 37.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.5%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
- Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
89.5%
White British
3.1%
White Other
1.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Birds Bush Road
Tamworth, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 138435
- UKPRN
- 10038397
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
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