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Schools in Wolverhampton

124 schools in the Wolverhampton local authority.

Schools

124

Open schools

Pupils

51,642

2025–26 census

Good or better

95%

91 of 96 graded

Academic Performance

5.3

out of 10 · 111 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
15 16%
Good
76 79%
Requires improvement
3 3%
Inadequate
2 2%
8 inspected since 2024, no overall grade15 superseded by a report card20 not judged2 in a category of concern2 safeguarding not effective
5.3
Academic Performance

Averaged over 111 of 124 schools that can be scored

Pupils

51,642

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 121 of 124 schools (51,642 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
41%
Asian
28%
Black
16%
Mixed
13%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
2%
Unclassified
1%

Ethnicity from 110 of 124 schools (50,107 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
44.4%

22,229 of 50,107 pupils · 110 of 124 schools

First language not English
31.2%

15,622 of 50,107 pupils · 110 of 124 schools

Young carers
<1%

182 of 49,391 pupils · 103 of 124 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
73
Secondary
22
All-through
2
Special
11
Nursery
7
PRU
4
Not recorded
5

Top primary schools in Wolverhampton

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Wolverhampton

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 124 schools in Wolverhampton — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Wolverhampton

How many schools are there in Wolverhampton?
Wolverhampton has 124 open schools — 73 primary, 22 secondary, 11 special, 7 nursery, teaching 51,642 pupils in total.
How many schools in Wolverhampton are rated Good or Outstanding?
91 of the 96 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 95% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 15 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 124: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Wolverhampton?
5.3 out of 10, averaged across the 111 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Wolverhampton schools have no Ofsted rating?
28 schools in Wolverhampton currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Wolverhampton local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Wolverhampton covers 124 schools and sits in the West Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Wolverhampton are eligible for free school meals?
44.4% — 22,229 of 50,107 pupils at the 110 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the West Midlands region.