Secondary · ST19 · Stafford

Wolgarston High School

Cannock Road, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5RX

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PENK VALLEY ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)93.2%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 47.6
Roll vs capacityClose to published capacity
Pupils847

Ofsted inspection

Latest Ofsted report card

Report card grades

Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Ofsted grades each area on its own, from urgent improvement up to exceptional. Expected standard means the school is doing everything it should. These grades cannot be compared with the old overall grades.

Report published 24 Jun 2026.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good
  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in ST19. Where we have them, council (South Staffordshire) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
847
Free school meals
16.7%
0.3% below district average (17%)

Also: England 25.8%

SEN
12.9%
4.4% below district average (17.3%)

Also: England 16.5%

EAL
0.6%
0.3% below district average (0.9%)
Attendance
93.2% Autumn and spring 2024/25
1.5% below district average (94.7%)

Also: England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the ST19 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is from 2023/24, the latest year published for this school. There is no Progress 8 for 2024/25 or 2025/26, because those pupils did not sit Key Stage 2 tests during the pandemic. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

17.2%

4.7% below England (21.9%)

Progress 82023/24

+0.38

0.38 above England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

47.6

1.5 above England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

47.1%

1.7% above England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

75.5%

10.7% above England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

40.2%

0.3% below England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

4.1

Same as England (4.09)

Admissions

Applications and offers

Applications and offers are not published for this school in the DfE school-level data for September 2026 entry.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Close to published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
860
Pupils on roll
847

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Staffordshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
12.9%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Wolgarston High School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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