St Matthias School

About St Matthias School

St Matthias School in Wolverhampton was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in December 2024, with inspectors awarding Good across all four graded categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school has held a Good rating since at least its previous inspection in 2016. On the key academic measure of Progress 8, which tracks how much pupils improve between the end of primary school and GCSEs, the school scored -0.13. That places it in the 'Average' banding nationally, meaning pupils make broadly typical progress compared with peers across England. Within Wolverhampton, this puts St Matthias at 9th out of 21 state secondary schools, sitting just below the local authority average Progress 8 score of -0.06. The school's Attainment 8 score, which measures average GCSE performance across eight subjects, stands at 40.9.

Looking more closely at the GCSE results from the 2023/24 academic year, 55.3% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in English and maths, while 36.3% reached the higher grade 5 benchmark in those core subjects. The English Baccalaureate average point score was 3.68, with 51.1% of pupils entering the EBacc suite of subjects. In terms of subject-level Progress 8 scores, the school's strongest area was English, where pupils made progress 0.19 above the national average. Maths progress was -0.25, and the EBacc subjects combined came in at -0.22. The school's national ranking by Progress 8 places it at 1,853 out of 3,141 schools, putting it in the bottom half nationally but comfortably within the middle tier of schools. The Ofsted report noted that the school's sixth form provision was not judged in this inspection cycle.

The school is oversubscribed for Year 7 entry in the 2025/26 academic year, with 290 applications for 156 places and 112 first-preference offers made. Facilities include a theatre, music rooms, art studios, science labs, an ICT suite, a library, a sports hall, an astro turf pitch, and a gymnasium. Sports on offer include football, rugby, netball, rowing, gymnastics, and dance, while clubs range from choir and orchestra to coding, eco club, and Young Enterprise. The school has a broad range of SEND provisions, including support for autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language needs, and social, emotional and mental health needs. Parent View responses from 32 families between September 2024 and September 2025 show a mixed picture: 50% would recommend the school, but responses on concerns handling and SEND support were evenly split between agreement and disagreement. This is a school that suits families looking for a solidly Good-rated secondary with a wide range of facilities and a strong extracurricular offer, though the mixed parent feedback suggests it's worth visiting to see if it's the right fit.

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