Wombourne High School

Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2025

3.021 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 3 March 2025

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Wombourne High School is a secondary school in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2022. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2025 entry.

Wombourne 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	3.021 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

Year 7 2026: 156 first-choice applications for 185 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 29 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Among Year 7 2026 applications, 168 of the 322 (52%) came from families living outside Staffordshire, and 53 offers went to them.
For Year 7 in 2025, the last child offered a place lived 3.021 miles away, about the same as in 2024.
2024/25: 39% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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: Ounsdale Road, Wombourne, Wolverhampton, WV5 8BJ
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–18
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 995 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 17.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 17.8

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 8 March 2022

Strengths

“Most pupils enjoy their time at Wombourne High School.”
“They are welcomed each day by staff who care about them and want them to succeed.”
“In many lessons, pupils learn well and make progress.”

To improve

“However, in some lessons, their learning is less secure.”
“This is because teachers are not consistently alert to gaps in pupils’ knowledge or how best to meet their individual needs and help them overcome barriers to learning.”
“As a result, while pupils achieve outcomes in line with national averages in many subjects, this is not consistent across all areas.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (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)	39%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	42.1	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: 156 first-preference applications, 185 offers in total, 156 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.

Kinver High School and Sixth Form 5.9 mi Good Last distance published
Codsall Community High School 6.2 mi Good
Cheslyn Hay Academy 10.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Great Wyrley Academy 11.7 mi Good Last distance published
The Rural Enterprise Academy 12.0 mi Inadequate
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College 13.0 mi No Ofsted grade
Cannock Chase High School 13.1 mi School remains Good
Wolgarston High School 13.5 mi No Ofsted grade