Smestow Academy
Secondary schoolSmestow Academy is a secondary school in Wolverhampton, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 589 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 11 November 2025
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Smestow Academy was 48.6, against 45.0 in Wolverhampton and 46.2 in England.
47.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Wolverhampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 48.6 | 45.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47.8% | 42.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61.9% | 61% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 113 | – | – |
- 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- Castlecroft Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)280 m
- Bhylls Acre Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- Westacre Infant SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023, before the school changed930 m
- Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), April 2024990 m
- Wightwick Hall SchoolSpecial. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met1.2 km
- Uplands Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 20231.2 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).