Wolverhampton Girls' High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Wolverhampton·WV6 0BY
Composite score
94.3
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#54
National rank
#8
In West Midlands
#1
In Wolverhampton
Top 2%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
75.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
97%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
99%
% EBacc grade 5+
66%
EBacc average points score
7.06

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
44%
334 first choices, 193 places
First choices per place
1.73
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
731
any preference, for 193 places
Applications from another council area
58%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.522.5
1 per place
1.8820221.9820231.6120241.7820251.732026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Wolverhampton Girls' High School yet. Wolverhampton does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,213
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
28.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
3.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
12.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,473
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
99%
145 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
99%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Wolverhampton Girls' High School

Wolverhampton Girls' High School is a girls' secondary school in Wolverhampton, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,213 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 75.4, well above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 1.2 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 2% of secondary schools in England.

97% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 99% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 44% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (334 first choices for 193 places). After Year 11, 99% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 18.9 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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