Kinver High School and Sixth Form

Kinver High School and Sixth Form is a welcoming, inclusive school that is performing strongly overall. Pupils achieve well at key stage 4, including disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and progress is strong across a range of subjects. Attendance is above national averages, behaviour is generally calm and orderly, and pupils feel safe and well cared for. The school is part of Invictus Education Trust and has a small sixth form that is not reported on separately. Leaders have a detailed understanding of pupils' needs and provide high-quality support, an extensive enrichment programme and effective careers guidance. Governance and trust support are effective, staff feel well supported, and safeguarding standards are met. The main areas for development are consistency: not all pupils show the self-discipline and dedication to learning that the school expects, and teaching does not always address gaps in learning consistently well, so highly effective teaching is not yet embedded in every subject. The school should continue to strengthen learning habits and ensure curriculum delivery is consistently strong across all subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND, achieve consistently well at key stage 4.
• Achievement gaps for disadvantaged pupils are narrowing quickly.
• Pupils with SEND progress effectively from their starting points.
• Pupils develop detailed knowledge and skills and produce high-quality work across the curriculum.
• Pupils quickly secure important knowledge in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Leaders have a very detailed understanding of the needs of disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.
• Staff receive regular high-quality training and detailed information about pupils' additional needs.
• The school provides highly effective curriculum adaptations, including bespoke reading interventions and additional English and mathematics lessons.
• Well-thought-out wellbeing support includes art and animal therapy and effective 'thrive' provision.
• Pupil premium funding is used to provide targeted support so pupils participate fully in school life.
• The personal development programme prepares pupils very well for life in modern Britain.
• Pupils learn about online and offline safety, consent, healthy relationships and fundamental British values.
• Pupils are respectful, debate current issues maturely and actively promote diversity.
• An extensive enrichment programme includes music, sport, science, cooking and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
• Careers advice and guidance are well thought out and help pupils understand their next steps.
• Attendance is above national averages overall, including for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND.
• The school is calm and orderly, with positive relationships and rare bullying that is dealt with quickly.
• The curriculum is ambitious, well planned and logically sequenced.
• Governance and trust leaders provide effective support and challenge.
• Staff are proud to work at the school and feel supported with workload and wellbeing.
• Safeguarding standards are met.

Areas for Improvement

• Not all pupils have the self-discipline and dedication to learning that the school expects.
• Teaching does not consistently address gaps in learning well.
• Highly effective teaching is not embedded in all subjects.
• Curriculum delivery is not yet consistently strong across every subject.

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 Kinver High School and Sixth Form attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 22.1% 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, 3.0% of pupils at Kinver High School and Sixth Form were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 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 Kinver High School and Sixth Form had 16.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.3% 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, 16.7% of pupils at Kinver High School and Sixth Form were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.7% 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 Kinver High School and Sixth Form received £7,917 and spent £7,763 for each of its 740 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £795,000 (£1,075 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Invictus Education Trust, income was £8,183 and spending £8,002 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 Stourbridge · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Kinver High School and Sixth Form is part of Invictus Education Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• The Crestwood School Dudley
• Rufford Primary School Stourbridge
• The Pedmore High School Stourbridge
• Wombourne High School Wolverhampton
• Milking Bank Primary School Dudley
• Ellowes Hall Sports College Dudley
• Leasowes High School Halesowen

What is Kinver High School and Sixth Form's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kinver High School and Sixth Form is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Kinver High School and Sixth Form last inspected by Ofsted?

Kinver High School and Sixth Form was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Kinver High School and Sixth Form have?

Kinver High School and Sixth Form has 801 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kinver High School and Sixth Form cover?

Kinver High School and Sixth Form for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Kinver High School and Sixth Form's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 50.6, and 57% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Kinver High School and Sixth Form?

Kinver High School and Sixth Form is at Enville Road, Kinver, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY7 6AA.