Secondary
The Polesworth School
Dordon Road, Dordon, Tamworth, B78 1QT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1459 of 1541 places
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- COMMUNITY ACADEMIES TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
35%
42.7
2nd of 6 by our score, among the secondary schools in Tamworth we can score - 8 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.83 |
| Entered the EBacc | 37% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.12 |
| A level students | 102 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 45% |
| 23/24 | 29% |
| 24/25 | 35% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35.9 |
| 22/23 | 30.7 |
| 23/24 | 32.2 |
| 24/25 | 31.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.27 |
| 22/23 | -0.11 |
| 23/24 | -0.42 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.1 |
| 22/23 | 47.0 |
| 23/24 | 40.6 |
| 24/25 | 42.7 |
Dordon Road, Dordon, Tamworth, B78 1QT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Warwickshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Maura Favell
- Address
- Dordon Road, Dordon, Tamworth, B78 1QT
- Telephone
- 01827702205