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Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical)

Alternative provisionAges 11–16Pupil referral unit

Willenhall, WV13 2QJ · Walsall local authority

Willenhall’s School Grade D better than 13% of towns in England

How full
66 pupils
220% of its 30 places
Free school meals
57%
57 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical)

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 66 pupils for 30 places
  • 57% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, July 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WV13 2) sold for a median £181,500; Willenhall’s is £196,500

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

89 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
6.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
91%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
59.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 45%Boys 55%
Its letter

No letter for Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical)

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, July 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical)

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in WV13 2, the school’s postcode sector

Willenhall property prices →
£181,500
median sale, 147 sales in 36 months · Willenhall £196,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025WV13 2Willenhall
WV13 2Willenhall

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£281K
Semi-detached
£194K
Terraced
£170K
Flat
£85K
WV13 2Willenhall

Homes in WV13 2 sell for a little under Willenhall’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

26 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−DC−B−AC−AA−CC−B+DD−C+DB+BDDC−D−CDDShepwell Short Stay School …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Willenhall, WV13 2QJ

Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical): common questions

What is Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical)’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (July 2024).

How much do houses cost near Shepwell Short Stay School (PRU-Medical)?

Homes in its postcode sector, WV13 2, sold for a median £181,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (147 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Willenhall’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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