Penn Hall School
Vicarage Road, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 5HP
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- AMETHYST ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Konrad Katarzynski
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Amethyst Academies Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 106
- Pupils on roll
- 150
- URN
- 149228
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01902558355
About this school
Penn Hall School is a special academy in Wolverhampton. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 150 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Penn Hall School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 11 | 11 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - |
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 Penn Hall 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 | Wolverhampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 59% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 116 |
| 2023/24 | 134 |
| 2024/25 | 138 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 65.81%
- English as an additional language
- 18.1%
- Overall absence
- 9.51%
- Persistent absence
- 31.93%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ladybird Manor School0.7 miles
Special schools · London
-
Penn Fields School0.9 miles
Special schools · Wolverhampton
-
The Vireo Academy1.8 miles
Academies · Wolverhampton
-
Kingsley Academy1.9 miles
Special schools · Wolverhampton
-
The Kairos Academy (KS4)1.9 miles
Academies · Wolverhampton
Other schools in Wolverhampton
- Aurora Cedars School Special schools
- Broadmeadow Special School Academies
- Bushbury School Special schools
- Cherry Trees School Academies
- Evergreen Academy Academies
- Kingsley Academy Special schools
- Park Lodge School Special schools
- Penn Fields School Special schools
- Pine Green Academy Academies
- Tettenhall Wood School Academies
- The Kairos Academy (KS3) Academies
- The Kairos Academy (KS4) Academies
Common questions
- What ages does Penn Hall School teach?
- Penn Hall School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Wolverhampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Penn Hall School?
- The headteacher of Penn Hall School is Mr Konrad Katarzynski, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Penn Hall School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Penn Hall School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Penn Hall School?
- Penn Hall School has 150 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Penn Hall School full?
- Penn Hall School has capacity for 106 pupils and 150 on roll (142%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Penn Hall School a faith school?
- No. Penn Hall School has no designated religious character.
- Is Penn Hall School part of an academy trust?
- Penn Hall School is part of AMETHYST ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Penn Hall School have?
- The schools register lists Penn Hall School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Penn Hall School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2023/24 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Penn Hall School's absence rate?
- Penn Hall School's overall absence rate is 9.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Penn Hall School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Penn Hall 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 10 July 2026.