Heath Park

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Prestwood Road
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV11 1RD
Phone 01902556360
Reference Number 137730

Description

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Heath Park is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located at Prestwood Road, Wolverhampton, WV11 1RD. Established as a community school, it converted to an academy in December 2011 and is now operated by the Central Learning Partnership Trust. The school caters to students between ages 11 and 18, with an enrollment of approximately 1,179 students as of April 2016, 50.4% of which are male and 49.6% female. Heath Park offers a comprehensive curriculum, including GCSEs, and provides a six-form center with a range of A-level and BTEC courses in partnership with Moseley Park School. The school is recognized for its strong achievements; it received an Outstanding rating in all areas of its latest Ofsted inspection, which took place in February 2014.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1173
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.38%
Girls: 49.62%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
7 202
8 195
9 196
10 200
11 187
12 103
13 90

Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2014-03-21
Date Description Report
2014-02-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Heath Park Business and Enterprise College
2010-06-30 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2010-01-19 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2007-11-12 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2006-11-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2003-01-20 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education
Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
49.5 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 42% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 63% Upgrade Upgrade

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
0.45 Upgrade Upgrade

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

GCSE Results

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 209 29
Third Preference 137 4
From another Local Authority 16 2

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Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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