Penn Fields School
Special schoolPenn Fields School is a special school in Wolverhampton, for pupils aged 5 to 19. It had 185 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), January 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 17 January 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Penn Fields School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Wolverhampton and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Penn Fields School was 2.6, against 45.0 in Wolverhampton and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Wolverhampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Wolverhampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 2.6 | 45.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 42.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 61% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 15 | – | – |
- Penn Fields School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Highfields SchoolSecondary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 50.0 (2025/26, provisional)40 m
- Springdale Primary SchoolPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and NurseryPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
- Warstones Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2022, before the school changed. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Bhylls Acre Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Penn Hall SchoolSpecial. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Wolverhampton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).