The Wordsley School
Brierley Hill Road, Wordsley, Stourbridge, DY8 5SP
This school is closed (it closed in May 2025).
It was replaced by The Wordsley School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Ashley Weatherhogg
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 915
- Pupils on roll
- 933
- URN
- 103858
- Local authority
- Dudley
About this school
The Wordsley School was a community secondary school in Stourbridge. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 933 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
The Wordsley School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 150 | 165 | 162 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.3 | 37.0 | 38.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.24 -0.47 to -0.02 | -0.36 -0.58 to -0.14 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 30.3% | 29.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 49.1% | 49.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 12% | 4.8% | 11.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Wordsley School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Dudley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42.3 | 35.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37 | 34.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.3 | 34.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 895 |
| 2023/24 | 963 |
| 2024/25 | 933 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Wordsley School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 33% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.3 | 9.9% | 36.8% | 933 | — |
| The Wordsley School | — | — | — | 906 | 0.0 miles |
| The Crestwood School | 38.9 | 9.5% | 36.2% | 1,023 | 0.7 miles |
| Kingswinford Academy | 46.3 | 7.4% | 21.8% | 917 | 1.5 miles |
| Thorns Collegiate Academy | 38.7 | 9.3% | 35% | 861 | 1.6 miles |
| Summerhill School | 51.6 | 6.1% | 10.8% | 1,093 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.76%
- English as an additional language
- 8.3%
- Overall absence
- 9.91%
- Persistent absence
- 28.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Wordsley School0.0 miles
Secondary · Stourbridge
-
The Crestwood School0.7 miles
Secondary · Dudley
-
Kingswinford Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Kingswinford
-
Thorns Collegiate Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Brierley Hill
-
Summerhill School1.7 miles
Secondary · Kingswinford
Other schools in Stourbridge
- Haybridge High School and Sixth Form Secondary
- Kinver High School and Sixth Form Secondary
- Old Swinford Hospital Secondary
- Redhill School Secondary
- Ridgewood High School Secondary
- The Pedmore High School Secondary
- The Wordsley School Secondary
- Amblecote Primary School Primary
- Ashwood Park Primary School Primary
- Belbroughton CofE Primary School Primary
- Belle Vue Primary School Primary
- Brindley Heath Junior School Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Wordsley School teach?
- The Wordsley School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Stourbridge.
- Has The Wordsley School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected The Wordsley School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is The Wordsley School?
- The Wordsley School had 933 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have The Wordsley School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.3 in 2022/23 and 38.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are The Wordsley School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Wordsley School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 7 July 2025.