Schools near Bilston
18 open schools in Bilston, Wolverhampton · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Wolverhampton schools · grammar schools in Bilston
Bilston has 18 state schools: 13 primary, 2 secondary, part of Wolverhampton's wider catchment. 18 have a published Ofsted rating, and 17 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
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.
Bilston straddles a council boundary: the scheme above is Wolverhampton's, and Dudley also has schools here, applying under its own.
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.
Key dates
| Entry year | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 2028 | Application deadline | 2027-10-31 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary application deadline | 2028-01-15 |
| Sept 2028 | Offer day | 2028-03-01 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary offer day | 2028-04-17 |
| Sept 2027 | Test date | 2026-09-12 |
| Sept 2027 | Results released | 2026-10-16 |
| Sept 2027 | Application deadline | 2026-10-31 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary application deadline | 2027-01-15 |
| Sept 2027 | Offer day | 2027-03-01 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary offer day | 2027-04-16 |
| Sept 2026 | Application deadline | 2025-10-31 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary application deadline | 2026-01-15 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Offer day | 2026-03-02 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary offer day | 2026-04-16 (passed) |
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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