The Wilnecote School

Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Tamworth, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2025

8.662 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 3 March 2025

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The Wilnecote School is a secondary school in Tamworth, Staffordshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2022. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2025 entry.

The Wilnecote School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Year 7 2025	8.662 mi
Year 7 2024	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

For Year 7 in 2025, the last place offered went to a child living 8.662 miles from the school, which was further away than in 2024.
For 2026 Year 7 entry, there were 164 first-choice applications for 174 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it lower.
24% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Staffordshire.
There were 19.8 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 17.5 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Staffordshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Tinkers Green Road, Wilnecote, Tamworth, B77 5LF
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–16
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 961 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 22.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.8

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 11 October 2022

Strengths

“Pupils are safe and well looked after.”
“They behave well in lessons and around school.”
“Pupils say that if bullying happens, they are confident that staff will sort it out.”

To improve

“Some pupils find it hard to voice their opinions and join in with class discussions.”
“Following the COVID-19 pandemic, some pupils struggled to get back into school routines.”
“In class discussions, pupils are sometimes reluctant to voice their opinions.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25)	24%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	38.7	46

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Year 7 entry: 164 first-preference applications, 174 offers in total, 164 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby secondary schools

Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.

Lift Tamworth 0.8 mi Not judged
Landau Forte Academy, Amington 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
Lift Rawlett 3.6 mi Not judged
King Edward VI School 8.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Nether Stowe School 8.9 mi No Ofsted grade
The Friary School 9.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
John Taylor High School 11.3 mi Not judged Last distance published