SCHOOL PROFILE

Wednesfield Academy: data, trends and context

Wednesfield Academy is a secondary school in Wolverhampton. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
141245
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Wolverhampton
Region
West Midlands
Trust
MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
WV11 3ES
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,025
FSM eligible
45.0%
EAL / First language other than English
27.6%
SEND (total)
8.5%
SEN Support
6.2%
EHCP
2.2%
White British
47.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
92.5%
Overall absence
7.5%
Persistent absence
21.8%
Severe absence
4.0%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
WolverhamptonLocal authority92.2%7.8%4.0%
West MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
33.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
14.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.69%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
44.9
English & maths grade 5+
41.5%
English & maths grade 4+
60.8%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Wednesfield Academy against 25 similar schools

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Wednesfield Academy is a secondary school in Wolverhampton. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.