Pool Hayes Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D49
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Willenhall, WV12 4QZ
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Wednesfield Academy
Lichfield Road, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, WV11 3ES
Local ranking11th of 20 secondary schools in Wolverhampton
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 25 February 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 25 February 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
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 187
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Higher education
- 60.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 11.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
29.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
46
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 8.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 75
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1020
- Boys
- 547 (53%)
- Girls
- 478 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (98% full)
- SEND
- 10.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 46.2%
- EAL
- 28.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 8.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,988/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
- 7.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 49.1%
- Asian Indian: 18.4%
- Black African: 6.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.0%
- White Other: 4.9%
- Asian Other: 3.6%
- Black Caribbean: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.3%
49.1%
White British
18.4%
Asian Indian
6.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Lichfield Road
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 141245
- UKPRN
- 10047085
- Establishment No.
- 4001
- Trust
- MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST
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