Aldersley High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Wolverhampton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
92.839 miles
Published by City of Wolverhampton Council · offers on 3 March 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Aldersley High School is a secondary school in Wolverhampton for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 June 2023. Wolverhampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2025 entry.
Aldersley High 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 | 92.839 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2025 lived 92.839 miles away, the 2nd longest of 13 Wolverhampton secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2025 Year 7 last distance was further than in 2024 and 2022, and was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 32% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wolverhampton.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry: 114 first-choice applications for 169 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 55 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wolverhampton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Barnhurst Lane, Codsall, Wolverhampton, WV8 1RT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wolverhampton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,262 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 June 2023
Strengths
- “Most pupils enjoy being at Aldersley and make the most of their time in school.”
- “They are keen to meet leaders’ expectations in lessons and take pride in the work they produce.”
- “They value the choice of activities, such as chess, orchestra and debating.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, their behaviour outside of lessons falls short of leaders’ expectations.”
- “However, at other times, teachers are less effective in adapting the way the curriculum is implemented to meet the individual needs of these pupils.”
- “However, some pupils do not conduct themselves appropriately at social times.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 July 2023 (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) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
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: 114 first-preference applications, 169 offers in total, 114 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 Wolverhampton.
- Ormiston NEW Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Regis Church of England Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Wolverhampton Girls' High School 1.9 mi Outstanding
- St Edmund's Catholic Academy 1.9 mi Standards maintained
- St Peter's Collegiate Academy 2.1 mi Not judged
- Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy 2.3 mi School remains Good
- Moreton School 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thomas Telford University Technical College 2.5 mi Not judged