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Best secondary schools in Wolverhampton

19 of 21 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Wolverhampton schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Heath Park Wolverhampton 0.79 Not judged oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton Wolverhampton hidden gem 0.56 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Wolverhampton Girls' High School Wolverhampton grammar 0.54 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Thomas Telford University Technical College Wolverhampton 0.41 Not judged oversubscribed 2.34 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Smestow Academy Wolverhampton 0.31 Inadequate undersubscribed 0.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Highfields School Wolverhampton 0.3 Good oversubscribed 1.28 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Moseley Park Bilston hidden gem 0.28 Outstanding improving about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 St Edmund's Catholic Academy Wolverhampton 0.19 Good about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Aldersley High School Wolverhampton hidden gem -0.13 Good undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 St Matthias School Wolverhampton -0.13 Not judged undersubscribed 0.65 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 St Peter's Collegiate Academy Wolverhampton -0.15 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.49 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Wednesfield Academy Wolverhampton -0.16 Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.64 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Colton Hills Community School Wolverhampton hidden gem -0.18 Good improving undersubscribed 0.49 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Ormiston NEW Academy Wolverhampton hidden gem -0.27 Good undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy Wolverhampton hidden gem -0.34 Good about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Ormiston SWB Academy Bilston -0.5 Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 St Regis Church of England Academy Wolverhampton hidden gem -0.53 Good undersubscribed 0.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Moreton School Wolverhampton hidden gem -0.54 Good undersubscribed 0.69 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Coppice Performing Arts School Wolverhampton -0.62 Good oversubscribed 1.34 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Wolverhampton

2 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Wolverhampton, not a fairer one.

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