Aldersley High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,262 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.5
Community school
St Matthias School
- Pupils on roll
- 805of 885 places
- Free school meals
- 64.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 188
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 3 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
St Matthias School has no sixth form. Of the 175 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 75% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 54% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.6 against 46.1 across England and 44.5 in Wolverhampton, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Wolverhampton and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St Matthias School | Wolverhampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 175 | 3,417 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 12% | 45% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 75% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | St Matthias School | Wolverhampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.6 | 44.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 56% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.65 | 3.73 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 62% | 47% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.2 | 38.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.1 | 50.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 38% | 32% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 187 | 99% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 57% |
| English Language | 186 | 99% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 63% |
| English Literature | 179 | 95% | 86% | 21% | 21% | 66% |
| Combined Science | 167 | 89% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 46% |
| Spanish | 102 | 54% | 19% | 19% | 27% | 56% |
| History | 96 | 51% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 50% |
| Geography | 80 | 43% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 43% |
| Graphic Communication | 39 | 21% | 1% | 3% | 23% | 41% |
| Media Studies | 28 | 15% | 4% | 7% | 20% | 57% |
| Fine Art | 19 | 10% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 53% |
| Biology | 17 | 9% | 23% | 18% | 45% | 65% |
| Chemistry | 16 | 9% | 23% | 19% | 47% | 69% |
| Physics | 16 | 9% | 23% | 19% | 46% | 75% |
| Religious Studies | 14 | 7% | 31% | 43% | 32% | 93% |
| Italian | 10 | 5% | 0% | 90% | 53% | 100% |
| Punjabi | 9 | 5% | 0% | 89% | 48% | 100% |
| Drama | 8 | 4% | 7% | 25% | 27% | 75% |
| Polish | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| French | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 80 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 55 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 26 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Wolverhampton
Colton Hills Community School
Community school · sixth form · 1,163 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.2
Coppice Performing Arts School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 989 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Heath Park
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,153 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.3
Highfields School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,765 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.7
Moreton School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,130 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.