Smestow Academy

State-Funded School

smestow-academy-wolverhampton-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

WolverhamptonLocal Authority

Wolverhampton WestConstituency

WV3 8HUPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Smestow Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, 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 589 pupils. Smestow Academy is part of MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 11 Nov 2025 · published 11 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected 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

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Inadequate

Sixth formprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 42.6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 31.1%
EBacc average point score: 3.78

Ethnicity

White

30%

Asian

28%

Black

14%

Mixed

16%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

589

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

58%

England average

27%

First language not English

38%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 589
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: MATRIX ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
27 Nov 2022	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Good	Inadequate	Inadequate

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.