Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 12 May 2026
Compared with the local authority and England
Attainment 8 scores a pupil's best 8 GCSE results, out of about 90. Progress 8 compares those results with pupils who started secondary school at the same level: 0 is average.
| Measure | School | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 47.6 | 43.9 | 46.1 |
Grade 4 is a standard pass; grade 5 is a strong pass.
| Measure | School | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% | 62% | 65% |
| 5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4, including English and maths | 67% | 57% | 60% |
The EBacc is English, maths, science, a language, and history or geography. It is a set of subjects rather than a qualification.
| Measure | School | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering the EBacc | 40% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
Based on 204 pupils at the end of key stage 4.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted inspected Wolgarston High School on 12 May 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Strong standard for post-16 provision and for attendance and behaviour; Expected standard for achievement, for curriculum and teaching, for inclusion, for leadership and governance and for personal development and wellbeing.
No. Distance only counts when Wolgarston High School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Wolgarston High School had 826 pupils aged 13 to 18 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 860. It is a mixed school with a sixth form.