Best Secondary Schools in Wolverhampton

We checked all 25 secondary schools in Wolverhampton and list every one: 20 ranked, then 5 without a rank.

Schools checked
25
Ranked
20
Without a rank
5

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Wolverhampton. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Wolverhampton also has 86 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Wolverhampton.

Ranked secondary schools in Wolverhampton

  1. 1

    Wolverhampton Girls' High School

    Academy, Selective, 1,211 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    75.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    97.2%

  2. 2

    Thomas Telford University Technical College

    Free school, 993 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Attainment 8
    53.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    61.1%

  3. 3

    Highfields School

    Academy, 1,765 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    51.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    59.1%

  4. 4

    The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton

    Free school, 763 pupils, inspected April 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    49.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    51.6%

  5. 5

    Heath Park

    Academy, 1,153 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Attainment 8
    49.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    37.8%

  6. 6

    St Edmund's Catholic Academy

    Academy, 1,171 pupils, inspected October 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    50.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    46.7%

  7. 7

    Codsall Community High School

    Local authority maintained, 1,046 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    47.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    48.4%

  8. 8

    Wednesfield Academy

    Academy, 1,025 pupils, inspected February 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Attainment 8
    44.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    41.5%

  9. 9

    St Peter's Collegiate Academy

    Academy, 1,329 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Attainment 8
    44.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    37.1%

  10. 10

    Wombourne High School

    Academy, 995 pupils, inspected March 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    42.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    38.7%

  11. 11

    Coppice Performing Arts School

    Academy, 989 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    43.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    33.7%

  12. 11

    Smestow Academy

    Academy, 589 pupils, inspected November 2025

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    42.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    31.1%

  13. 13

    The Royal School, Wolverhampton

    Free school, 1,488 pupils, inspected July 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    43.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    33.3%

  14. 14

    Aldersley High School

    Academy, 1,262 pupils, inspected November 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    43.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    32.4%

  15. 15

    St Matthias School

    Local authority maintained, 805 pupils, inspected December 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Attainment 8
    40.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    32.4%

  16. 16

    Ormiston NEW Academy

    Academy, 1,094 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    35.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    31.4%

  17. 17

    Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy

    Academy, 1,222 pupils, inspected March 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    40.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    24.4%

  18. 18

    Moreton School

    Academy, 1,130 pupils, inspected February 2020

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    39.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    27.3%

  19. 19

    Colton Hills Community School

    Local authority maintained, 1,163 pupils, inspected May 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    39.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    24.8%

  20. 20

    St Regis Church of England Academy

    Academy, 798 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    36.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    22.4%

Secondary schools in Wolverhampton without a rank