Hednesford Valley High School

State-Funded School

hednesford-valley-high-school-staffordshire-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

StaffordshireLocal Authority

Cannock ChaseConstituency

WS12 4JSPostcode

0.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Hednesford Valley High School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Staffordshire, West Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 205 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 0.3
EBacc average point score: 0.02

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

205

Total Pupils

79%Boys

21%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

48%

England average

27%

First language not English

<1%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 205
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 9 October 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
23 Oct 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.