Wolverhampton Girls' High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Wolverhampton
Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 0BY
100
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 28/11/2023
Application demand
47%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.4%
10.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,211
Capacity used
Over capacity127%
950 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
47%
1st preference success rate
150 of 320 families who put it first got an offer
180
Places offered
722
Total applications
4.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 320 | 150 | ● 47% |
| 2nd preference | 180 | 13 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 107 | 11 | ● 10% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 115 | 6 | ● 5% |
| Total | 722 | 180 | 25% |
1st preference success by year
Wolverhampton lets families list 5 preferences. 389 applications came from outside the council area (103 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- T Young
- Address
- Tettenhall Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 0BY
- Phone
- 01902551515
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Ward / constituency
- Park · Wolverhampton West
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 140798
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 16% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 25% | — | — |
| SEN support | 5% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: WOLVERHAMPTON GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL
1,211 pupils · 950 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
28 November 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 909 pupils
Attendance
95.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
4.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
10.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 74.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.54 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 97% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 99% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 7.07 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 42.66 | — | — |
Average grade: B+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 75.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 97.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 99.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 76.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 7.06 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 180 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 43.02 | 35 |
| Average grade | B+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 43.2% | 17% |
| A-level students | 155 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 180 | 79% | 98% | 100% | |
| English Language | 180 | 76% | 97% | 99% | |
| English Literature | 180 | 76% | 97% | 99% | |
| Biology | 154 | 76% | 97% | 99% | |
| Chemistry | 154 | 78% | 95% | 99% | |
| Physics | 153 | 74% | 97% | 99% | |
| History | 81 | 72% | 98% | 99% | |
| Geography | 81 | 90% | 100% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 74 | 68% | 97% | 99% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 71 | 83% | 100% | 100% | |
| German | 66 | 26% | 65% | 86% | |
| Latin | 64 | 78% | 94% | 97% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 76 | 22% | 53% | 79% | |
| Chemistry | 72 | 7% | 46% | 74% | |
| Mathematics | 66 | 14% | 45% | 73% | |
| Psychology | 48 | 27% | 56% | 85% | |
| History | 24 | 4% | 25% | 71% | |
| English Literature | 23 | 35% | 48% | 78% | |
| Sociology | 22 | 32% | 64% | 86% | |
| Computer Science | 18 | 11% | 39% | 67% | |
| Government and Politics | 18 | 6% | 50% | 72% | |
| Physics | 12 | 33% | 50% | 67% | |
| French | 11 | 18% | 73% | 91% | |
| Geography | 11 | 9% | 45% | 73% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12773: Wolverhampton Girls' High School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 8 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 75% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 7% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 75% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Wolverhampton council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.