Schools in Wolverhampton
113 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools
Wolverhampton has 108 state schools: 72 primary, 19 secondary, 1 all-through, 7 nursery. Between them they teach around 49,986 pupils. 82 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.5 out of 10, and 12 score 8 or above.
27 have a sixth form. 71 take children from age three or under. 29 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. 1 is selective and sets an entrance test. How the score works.
Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding
These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.
How places are allocated in Wolverhampton
Primary schools: 'Designated area'/catchment area referenced in admissions system, though exact priority order not fully confirmed — lower confidence, worth re-verifying. (source)
Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.
Wolverhampton entrance test format
Wolverhampton Girls' High School uses the West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test — the shared GL Assessment test also used by the Birmingham, Walsall and Telford grammars: Two one-hour multiple-choice papers, each covering English comprehension, verbal reasoning, mathematics and non-verbal/spatial reasoning, with answers on an OMR (optical mark reading) sheet. Published weighting: 50% English/verbal reasoning, 25% non-verbal reasoning, 25% mathematics; scores are age-standardised. One registration (early May to late June of Year 5) and one September sitting covers every West Midlands consortium school named on the form.
Out-of-area applications
Wolverhampton's only grammar school is Wolverhampton Girls' High School. It has NO catchment area — girls do not have to live in Wolverhampton to apply — and it uses the shared West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test (the same single test as the Birmingham, Walsall and Telford grammar schools). Register once via the West Midlands Grammar Schools portal (historically early May to late June of Year 5); one sitting covers every participating West Midlands school you name. Around 150 Year 7 places are offered each year and admission is highly competitive. Apply via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October; results arrive in mid-October.
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Key dates
| Entry year | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 2028 | Application deadline | 31 October 2027 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary application deadline | 15 January 2028 |
| Sept 2028 | Offer day | 1 March 2028 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary offer day | 17 April 2028 |
| Sept 2027 | Test date | 12 September 2026 (passed) |
| Sept 2027 | Results released | 16 October 2026 (passed) |
| Sept 2027 | Application deadline | 31 October 2026 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary application deadline | 15 January 2027 |
| Sept 2027 | Offer day | 1 March 2027 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary offer day | 16 April 2027 |
| Sept 2026 | Application deadline | 31 October 2025 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary application deadline | 15 January 2026 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Offer day | 2 March 2026 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary offer day | 16 April 2026 (passed) |
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