The Wilnecote School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Tamworth · B77 5LF · Staffordshire
Ages 11–16
- Att839.8
- P8-0.4
- EM5+31%
- Absence9.4%
1.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 136459
The Polesworth School
Academy converter · Tamworth · B78 1QT
Ages 11–18 · 1,459 pupils · Warwickshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
40.6
Overall absence
11.0%
Admissions demand
1.11 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-02-02
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.42
−20+2
Attainment 840.6
English & maths grade 5+29%
English & maths grade 4+53%
EBacc entry37%
EBacc APS: 3.6
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence11.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)30.2%
Unauthorised3.5%
- Authorised absence
- 7.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,263
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.11 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
264
Places offered
237
1st-preference offers
230
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 466
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 237
- Applications from outside LA
- 150
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 30
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill95%
1,459 pupils · 1,541 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,459
- Boys / girls
- 696 / 763
- School capacity
- 1,541
- Capacity fill
- 1,459 / 1,541 (95%)
- Free school meals
- 20.1%
- FSM pupils
- 246
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: COMMUNITY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- COMMUNITY ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Community Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Maura Favell
Location
- Address
- Dordon Road, Dordon
- Postcode
- B78 1QT
- Town
- Tamworth
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- District
- North Warwickshire
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Tamworth, Warwickshire, 1,459 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 20.1%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Lift Tamworth
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Tamworth · B77 2NE · Staffordshire
Ages 11–16
- Att836.3
- P8-0.6
- EM5+19%
- Absence11.0%
2.1 miles away
Landau Forte Academy, Amington
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Tamworth · B77 4FF · Staffordshire
Ages 11–16
- Att837.4
- P8-0.6
- EM5+26%
- Absence9.6%
2.3 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Maura Favell
- Telephone
- 01827702205