The Royal School, Wolverhampton

School overview

The Royal School, Wolverhampton is an all-through school serving Wolverhampton, classified by the DfE as a free school. It has 1,510 pupils aged 4 to 19 on roll. 52% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 8.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 43.3, broadly in line with the national average of 46. On our composite score, The Royal School, Wolverhampton ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 33% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. The Royal School, Wolverhampton is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 123 first choices for 90 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 17.9 pupils per teacher. The Royal School, Wolverhampton does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.