Penn Hall School

State-Funded School

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West MidlandsRegion

WolverhamptonLocal Authority

Wolverhampton WestConstituency

WV4 5HPPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Penn Hall School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 150 pupils. Penn Hall School is part of Amethyst Academies Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Nov 2025 · published 28 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

50%

Asian

22%

Black

13%

Mixed

13%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

150

Total Pupils

63%Boys

37%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

69%

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 150
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Amethyst Academies Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
21 Mar 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.