The Royal School, Wolverhampton

All-through · Free schools · Mixed · Wolverhampton

Penn Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 0EG

Website 01902341230

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

Standards maintained

No graded inspection

Application demand

66%

1st preference success · Oversubscribed

Attendance

94.9%

12.1% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,488

Capacity used

Over capacity

102%

1,454 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Oversubscribed

66%

1st preference success rate

85 of 128 families who put it first got an offer

Places offered

301

Total applications

3.3

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)	Applications	Offers	Success
1st preference	128	85	● 66%
2nd preference	82	4	● 5%
3rd preference	51	1	● 2%
Later preferences (4th–5th)	40	0	● 0%
Total	301	90	30%

1st preference success by year

44%

2020

47%

2021

55%

2022

50%

2023

56%

2024

66%

2025

Wolverhampton lets families list 5 preferences. 17 applications came from outside the council area (6 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: Free schools
Phase: All-through
Age range: 4–19
Gender: Mixed
Sixth form: Yes
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Boarding: Boarding school
Headteacher: Tom Macdonald
Address: Penn Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 0EG
Phone: 01902341230
Local authority: Wolverhampton
Ward / constituency: Blakenhall · Wolverhampton West
Area: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 143101

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	33%	—	—
English as additional language	48%	—	—
SEN support	12%	—	—

52% boys (777)48% girls (711)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: THE ROYAL SCHOOL, WOLVERHAMPTON

1,488 pupils · 1,454 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

25
05 March 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained

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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 1,129 pupils

Attendance

94.9%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

5.1%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

12.1%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

0.8%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

0.8%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

20/21

15%

21/22

13%

22/23

12%

23/24

12%

24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

Measure	School	LA	England
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths	60%	—	—
Higher standard	2%	—	—
Reading progress	—	—	0.0
Writing progress	—	—	0.0
Maths progress	—	—	0.0

GCSE results

Measure	School	LA	England
Attainment 8 score	47.1	—	—
Progress 8 score	0.35	—	0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths	47%	—	—
Grade 4+ in English & maths	66%	—	—
EBacc average point score	3.82	—	—

Progress 8 band

Well below

5% of schools

Below

26% of schools

Average

43% of schools

Above

21% of schools

Well above

5% of schools

A-level results

Measure	School	LA	England
Average points per entry	30.88	—	—

Average grade: C (England B-)

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard52%

-10% vs England

Higher standard3%

-5% vs England

Reading

Expected standard71%

-4% vs England

Higher standard18%

-15% vs England

Average score104

-2 vs England

Writing

Expected standard71%

-1% vs England

Greater depth9%

-4% vs England

Maths

Expected standard62%

-12% vs England

Higher standard13%

-13% vs England

Average score101

-4 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard68%

-5% vs England

Higher standard21%

-9% vs England

Average score103

-2 vs England

Science

Expected standard79%

-3% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)	52%	61%
Higher standard	3%	8%

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Attainment 8	43.3	46
Grade 5+ English & maths	33.3%	46%
Grade 4+ English & maths	55.8%	65%
Entering EBacc	10.8%	40%
EBacc average point score	3.56	4.1
Pupils in cohort	120	—

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.

Disadvantaged pupils

-0.09

Other pupils

+0.62

Low prior attainers

+0.46

Middle prior attainers

+0.39

High prior attainers

+0.05

Girls

+0.29

Boys

+0.41

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	29.17	35
Average grade	C	—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)	12.1%	17%
A-level students	122	—

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	121	16%	46%	66%
English Language	121	7%	36%	59%
English Literature	121	10%	39%	60%
Biology	78	10%	58%	78%
Physics	78	10%	53%	68%
Chemistry	78	12%	45%	73%
History	55	7%	31%	44%
Business	48	4%	40%	58%
Combined Science	43	2%	26%	56%
Design & Technology	37	5%	30%	49%
Computer Science	36	3%	19%	44%
Geography	35	11%	40%	63%

A level

Subject	Entries	A*	A*–A	A*–B
Economics	42	0%	10%	24%
Biology	40	5%	13%	23%
Mathematics	38	16%	39%	50%
Chemistry	35	3%	20%	29%
Business Studies	32	0%	6%	34%
Psychology	30	0%	13%	40%
English Literature	23	0%	17%	43%
Computer Science	21	0%	10%	24%
Physics	15	0%	27%	60%
History	10	0%	20%	60%
Sociology	10	0%	0%	10%
Government and Politics	9	0%	11%	44%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers²

UCAS apply centre 12765: The Royal Wolverhampton School

Cambridge admissions¹	2025
Applications	≤5
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)	64%	—	—
Apprenticeships	6%	—	—
Any education or training	67%	—	—

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
Reception (primary)	15 January	16 April (or next working day)
Year 7 (secondary)	31 October	1 March (or next working day)

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.