Smestow Academy
Windmill Crescent, Wolverhampton, WV3 8HU
589 pupils · 58% of 1,010 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 59.1%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected 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 | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 11 November 2025, published 11 January 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 42.6 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 31.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 60% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 45.6% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.47 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 85 | 40 | 186 | 68 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 148 | 25 | 121 | 53 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 78 | 19 | 94 | 34 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 154 | 29 | 110 | 53 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Peter's Collegiate Academy 1.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Highfields School 1.8 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- St Edmund's Catholic Academy 1.9 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- St Regis Church of England Academy 1.9 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Wolverhampton Girls' High School 2.3 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Colton Hills Community School 4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.