Heath Park

Heath Park is a secondary academy converter and part of Central Learning Partnership Trust. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, following a previous inspection in 2014. Under the current framework the school did not receive a single overall effectiveness grade, but quality of education was judged Good while behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth-form provision were all Outstanding. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. Pupils thrive at the school and achievement is strong. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND achieve well, early reading support is effective, and sixth-form students achieve very highly. Behaviour and personal development are particular strengths: pupils are kind, respectful, attend well and benefit from exceptional personal development, careers guidance and leadership opportunities. Leaders monitor provision diligently, staff are proud to work at the school, and governance provides strong support and challenge. The main area for improvement is curriculum implementation. In some subjects, particularly some EBacc subjects, implementation is not fully effective and pupils do not achieve as highly as they do elsewhere. Leaders need to ensure the curriculum is delivered consistently so that pupils know and remember more across all curriculum subjects.

Strengths

• Broad, ambitious curriculum with clearly identified key knowledge
• Strong pupil achievement across most of the curriculum
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND achieve well
• Tailored support helps early readers become fluent and competent
• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes, with high attendance
• Warm, positive relationships and a harmonious school community
• Exceptional personal development provision
• Wide range of leadership opportunities for pupils, including sixth form
• Strong careers information and guidance
• Ambitious, well-embedded sixth-form curriculum with very high achievement
• Diligent leadership with effective monitoring of provision and pupil premium
• Extensive, effective staff training and positive engagement on workload
• Strong governance and appropriate challenge
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum implementation is inconsistent in some subjects, particularly some EBacc subjects
• Pupils do not achieve as highly in those subjects as they do elsewhere

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Heath Park attended 91.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.9% of pupils at Heath Park were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Heath Park had 14.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.7% of pupils at Heath Park were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Heath Park received £9,043 and spent £8,650 for each of its 1,187 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £13,245,000 (£11,158 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Central Learning Partnership Trust, income was £11,097 and spending £11,085 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Wolverhampton · Wolverhampton local authority: places and applications

Heath Park is part of Central Learning Partnership Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• D'Eyncourt Primary School Wolverhampton
• Woden Primary School Wolverhampton
• Westcroft School Wolverhampton
• Broadmeadow Special School Wolverhampton
• Moseley Park Bilston
• Coppice Performing Arts School Wolverhampton
• Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre Wolverhampton
• Pitcheroak School Redditch
• Kingfisher School Redditch
• Riversides School Worcester

What is Heath Park's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Heath Park is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Heath Park last inspected by Ofsted?

Heath Park was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Heath Park have?

Heath Park has 1,153 pupils on roll.

What age range does Heath Park cover?

Heath Park for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Heath Park's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.1, and 51% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Heath Park?

Heath Park is at Prestwood Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 1RD.