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The Vireo Academy

  • Alternative provision
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  • Ages 5 to 16

URN 150198 · Wolverhampton · YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SCHOOLS TRUST

In Wolverhampton

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Ungraded inspection

7 June 2023

“School remains Good”

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

An ungraded inspection checks that the school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection. It does not give a new grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Wolverhampton and England, alternative provision.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

23.53

Wolverhampton
123.89
England
248.42

224.89 lower than England.

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.00

Wolverhampton
0.00
England
0.30

0.30 lower than England.

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Pupils

Against Wolverhampton and England, alternative provision.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

76.5%

Wolverhampton
78.8%
England
63.2%

13.3 percentage points higher than England.

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

58.8%

Wolverhampton
85.0%
England
57.1%

1.7 percentage points higher than England.

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

41.2%

Wolverhampton
15.0%
England
26.3%

14.9 percentage points higher than England.

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

2.9%

Wolverhampton
10.6%
England
7.6%

4.7 percentage points lower than England.

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Wolverhampton and England, alternative provision.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

7.1

Wolverhampton
7.2
England
7.3

0.2 lower than England.

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

8.7 days

Wolverhampton
5.3 days
England
5.0 days

3.7 days higher than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
31
Type
Academy alternative provision converter
Phase
Alternative provision
Age range
5 to 16
Gender
Mixed
Trust
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SCHOOLS TRUST
Opened
1 December 2024
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Wolverhampton West
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 2 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Lawnswood Campus, Lawnswood Avenue, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV4 6SR

Website: vireo.blackcountryap.org/

Telephone: 01902555947

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Sources and corrections

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