Highfields School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Wolverhampton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
0.99 miles
Published by City of Wolverhampton Council · offers on 3 March 2025
2022–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Highfields School is a secondary school in Wolverhampton for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Wolverhampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2025 entry.
Highfields 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 | 0.99 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
- In 2025, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.99 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 13 Wolverhampton secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.59 miles).
- The 2025 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2024, and the 2025 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, there were 346 first-choice applications for 271 offers; 250 offers went to first-choice families, and 96 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 51.7 (England 46).
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
- Boundary Way, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 4NT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wolverhampton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,765 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being part of this welcoming and inclusive school community.”
- “They feel safe, valued and supported.”
- “Pupils speak confidently about the positive relationships they have with staff and with one another.”
To improve
- “However, the delivery of the curriculum is not consistently effective across all subjects.”
- “Teaching does not always extend learning successfully for those who grasp it quickly.”
- “Assessment is sometimes not used precisely enough to check understanding or refine next steps.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 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) | 59% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.7 | 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: 346 first-preference applications, 271 offers in total, 250 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.
- Smestow Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Collegiate Academy 1.6 mi Not judged
- Colton Hills Community School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Edmund's Catholic Academy 1.8 mi Standards maintained
- Wolverhampton Girls' High School 2.0 mi Outstanding
- St Regis Church of England Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Thomas Telford University Technical College 3.0 mi Not judged
- The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published