Wood Green Academy, Wednesbury

In its own words: "Our Vision and Mission: We want to improve our students’ life chances so they are successful, respectful, healthy and kind. For students: Be the healthiest, kindest and most successful you, that you can be. Wood Green Academy is an 11-19 over-subscribed National Support School specialising in Sport, Maths and Computing."

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am absolutely delighted to be the Headteacher of Wood Green Academy. Having worked at Wood Green since 1997 I take great pride in the success of the Academy and have seen it go from strength to strength."

In 2026, pupils at Wood Green Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.2 in Sandwell and 47 across England.

40% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 37% in Sandwell and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 44.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.04: pupils made about 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 38, against 47.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 260 families put Wood Green Academy as their first choice and 643 named it as one of their preferences, for 256 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 28 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Wood Green Academy are Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School (0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.5); Joseph Leckie Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.9); Wodensborough Ormiston Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 41); and West Walsall E-ACT Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.9).

Wood Green Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

79 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Wood Green Academy (as of September 2025): 73% would recommend the school, 75% say their child is happy there and 46% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (86%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (46%).

Of the 258 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 52% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 0% into work.

Of the 125 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 61% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 9% into work. 12% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

33.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 28.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (44%), Asian (37%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 155 pupils (10.2%) received SEN support and 38 (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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Bescot Stadium Rail Station, about 850 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wood Green High School (adjacent), 70 metres away.

In 2024/25, Wood Green Academy issued 90 suspensions, 5.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Wood Green Academy are Albert Pritchard Infant School (0.4 miles), Park Hill Primary School (0.4 miles), Wood Green Junior School (0.6 miles) and Hillary Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.