Green Park School, Bilston

Good
Special
Community special school
Mixed
Ages 319

Data last updated 11 Sept 2026

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Lorraine Dawney
Pupils:147 / 145 capacity
LA:Wolverhampton
Phone:01902556429
Address:Green Park Avenue, Stowlawn, Bilston, WV14 6EH
Admissions:Not applicable
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 1 year ago
-

Overall

Inspected 29 April 2025View full report
URN:104415
UKPRN:10017906
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Wolverhampton South East
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

What This School Does Well

Green Park School excels at personalised learning, with teachers carefully planning activities that develop life skills and have real-world relevance. The school is particularly strong in early years and has achieved rapid progress in reading and writing. Parents are very positive about the school, valuing the close relationships with staff and feeling confident their children are well taught and safe.

Key Strengths

  • Best teaching is well-planned, challenging and personalised to pupils' individual needs
  • Pupils are making rapid progress in reading and writing following a change in teaching approach
  • Early years outcomes are particularly strong with almost all pupils on target to meet or exceed their challenging targets
  • School leaders and governors have high expectations and demonstrate capacity to improve further
  • Leaders promote equality of opportunity and diversity exceptionally well

Areas for Improvement

  • Teaching quality is not yet consistently high across all lessons, limiting progress for some pupils
  • Pupils do not achieve as well in science as in other subjects
  • Writing outcomes at Key Stage 2 do not match those in reading and mathematics
  • Progress between Key Stage 3 and 4 is slower than in other phases
  • Too few sixth form learners move onto sustained and meaningful education or training after leaving the school

Safeguarding

Safeguarding is effective - school leaders implement up-to-date policies, staff have received appropriate training, records are stored securely, and school leaders work closely with the local authority to keep pupils safe.

Green Park School continues to be good, with leaders maintaining quality education since the last inspection in 2012. The school has restructured its leadership team and teaching arrangements to improve outcomes, though the full impact of these changes is not yet measurable.

At a Glance

66.7%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

Yes

Sixth Form

SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty

SEN Provision

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

12 responses
Would recommend100%
Child is happy100%
Well taught92%
Good progress92%
Feels safe100%
Well behaved92%
Bullying dealt with0%
Kept informed92%
Handles concerns58%
Wider development92%

Source: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2025/26

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
ReadingMathsWriting

Reading has remained stable at around 0%. Maths has remained stable at around 0%. Writing has remained stable at around 0%.

Class Sizes

0.0

Avg class size

0

Total classes

2024/25 academic year

Getting There

Tube / Metro / Tram

Priestfield (West Midlands Metro)
777m · 13 min walk
The Crescent (West Midlands Metro)
990m · 16 min walk
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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

101%

Over capacity

147 pupils

145 capacity

2 places over capacity

Area Demand Pressure - Bilston

Low pressure
New homes approved:541
Projected new pupils:97

Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Bilston

Admissions Demand - Wolverhampton

Low demand0.91x oversubscription

Places available

3,906

Applications

3,539

Got 1st preference

71.0%

Got preferred school

91.8%

Secondary admissions across Wolverhampton (2025/26)

Inspection History(7)

29 April 2025
27 February 2020
15 December 2015

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SEN Provision

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Pupil Demographics

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Teachers & Staff

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Pupil Absence
2024/25

13.15871%

Overall absence

42.24138%

Persistent absence

116

Enrolments

Authorised10.97628%
Unauthorised2.18243%
Persistent (10%+)42.24138%
Severe (50%+)4.31034%

Absence trend

9.50267%
18/19
16.93633%
20/21
8.88284%
21/22
14.01107%
22/23
13.56178%
23/24
13.15871%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

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