Moseley Park, Bilston

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Moseley Park on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve highly across the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Attendance and behaviour at the school reflect leaders' high expectations and standards."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have planned an effectively sequenced and challenging curriculum that clearly identifies relevant key knowledge and then builds logically to achieve learning outcomes."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders are dedicated to ensuring that every pupil is known and supported to succeed."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders are dedicated to providing the best possible educational experiences for pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils not only demonstrate a clear knowledge and understanding of the personal development programme, but they also demonstrate it daily."

Post 16 provision - Strong standard. "The sixth form is a highly aspirational and inclusive provision where ambition for all students is at the heart of the curriculum and wider experience."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to monitor and evaluate the impact of their actions to sustain improvements in outcomes for all pupils".

In 2026, pupils at Moseley Park averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Wolverhampton and 47 across England.

41% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Wolverhampton and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 44.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.28: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 41.7, against 49.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 190 families put Moseley Park as their first choice and 496 named it as one of their preferences, for 195 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 21 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Moseley Park are St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.7); St Matthias School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.9); Ormiston SWB Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 40.3); and Grace Academy Darlaston (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41).

Moseley Park's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Moseley Park is one of 16 schools run by Central Learning Partnership Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.1 in 2024/25.

Of the 180 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 80% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 39% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 67 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 73% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 12% into work. 8% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

51.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 27.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (43%), Asian (28%) and Mixed (14%).

In 2026, 271 pupils (25.4%) received SEN support and 27 (2.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

Moseley Park had 80 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest tram or metro stop is The Crescent (West Midlands Metro), about 1040 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bunkers Hill Lane (adjacent), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Moseley Park stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 431 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Wolverhampton (286), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Moseley Park issued 56 suspensions, 5.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Moseley Park are Villiers Primary School (0.3 miles), Stow Heath Primary School (0.4 miles), Field View Primary School (0.5 miles) and Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.