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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 5 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 2 July 2019Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry752 applications · 30 places offered · 171 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
- 2026 25.1; Wolverhampton median median 2.0
- 2025 31.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.5
- 2024 33.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.2
- 2023 29.5; Wolverhampton median median 2.4
- 2022 33.8; Wolverhampton median median 2.1
- 2021 34.2; Wolverhampton median median 2.5
- 2020 27.0; Wolverhampton median median 2.1
- 2019 28.5; Wolverhampton median median 2.2
- 2018 30.7; Wolverhampton median median 1.8
- 2017 24.9; Wolverhampton median median 2.0
- This school
- Wolverhampton median
Reception entry, September 2026: 3.1 per place (276 applications for 90 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 30 | 752 | 25.1 | 171 | 5.70 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 930 | 31.0 | 205 | 6.83 |
| Sep 2024 | 28 | 923 | 33.0 | 220 | 7.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 856 | 29.5 | 200 | 6.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 28 | 945 | 33.8 | 211 | 7.54 |
| Sep 2021 | 26 | 889 | 34.2 | 219 | 8.42 |
| Sep 2020 | 33 | 892 | 27.0 | 223 | 6.76 |
| Sep 2019 | 31 | 884 | 28.5 | 246 | 7.94 |
| Sep 2018 | 29 | 889 | 30.7 | 270 | 9.31 |
| Sep 2017 | 33 | 822 | 24.9 | 295 | 8.94 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 113 | 45.7 | 46% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 120 | 43.3 | 33% | 56% | – |
| 2023/24 | 125 | 47.1 | 47% | 66% | +0.35 |
| 2022/23 | 115 | 50.5 | 61% | 73% | +0.37 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Royal School, WolverhamptonThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained202525.1applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · WolverhamptonRemains Good20231.3applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · WolverhamptonGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · WolverhamptonOutstanding20233.8applications per place 75.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.5 km · WolverhamptonGraded · no overall grade20246.1applications per place 53.5Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · WolverhamptonStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 51.2Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Wolverhampton20263.0applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · WolverhamptonRemains Good20232.0applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · WolverhamptonSerious weaknesses 20252.2applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 143101 · 336/6000
- Trust
- The Royal School, Wolverhampton
- Capacity
- 1,454 pupils · 1,488 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2016
- Replaced
- The Royal Wolverhampton School (URN 104405); Royal Wolverhampton Junior School (URN 104406)
- Address
- Penn Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 0EG
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources