Which school has the best GCSE results in Wolverhampton?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Wolverhampton Girls' High School tops the table in Wolverhampton with 75.1, against an England average of 46.2. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Wolverhampton schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2026 results, the 2025/26 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in Wolverhampton show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Wolverhampton GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

19 state secondary schools in Wolverhampton ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 2 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 21 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Wolverhampton ranked on Attainment 8

19 of 21 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Wolverhampton ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1	Wolverhampton Girls' High School Wolverhampton · Academy converter	75.1	69%	98%	99%	–	176
2	Thomas Telford University Technical College Wolverhampton · University technical college	53.5	21%	62%	81%	–	161
3 , up 1 place since 2025	St Edmund's Catholic Academy Wolverhampton · Academy converter	51.2	10%	51%	74%	–	197
4 , up 2 places since 2025	Heath Park Wolverhampton · Academy converter	51.1	15%	51%	69%	–	191
5 , down 2 places since 2025	Highfields School Wolverhampton · Academy converter	50.0	20%	56%	77%	–	279
6 , up 7 places since 2025	Smestow Academy Wolverhampton · Academy converter	48.6	15%	48%	62%	–	113
7 , up 2 places since 2025	St Peter's Collegiate Academy Wolverhampton · Academy converter	48.2	14%	46%	72%	–	222
8 , down 3 places since 2025	The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton Wolverhampton · Free schools	47.8	13%	48%	71%	–	126
9 , up 1 place since 2025	Coppice Performing Arts School Wolverhampton · Academy sponsor led	46.7	10%	44%	63%	–	171
10 , down 2 places since 2025	Wednesfield Academy Wolverhampton · Academy sponsor led	46.5	12%	49%	66%	–	187
11 , up 1 place since 2025	The Royal School, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton · Free schools	45.7	13%	46%	65%	–	113
12 , down 5 places since 2025	Codsall Community High School Wolverhampton · Community school	45.5	9%	49%	68%	–	266
13 , down 2 places since 2025	Aldersley High School Wolverhampton · Academy converter	45.4	13%	41%	59%	–	208
14 , up 1 place since 2025	Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy Wolverhampton · Academy converter	41.1	4%	25%	42%	–	204
15 , up 2 places since 2025	Colton Hills Community School Wolverhampton · Community school	40.5	11%	40%	55%	–	178
16	Moreton School Wolverhampton · Academy sponsor led	37.9	6%	30%	49%	–	207
17 , up 2 places since 2025	Ormiston NEW Academy Wolverhampton · Academy sponsor led	37.8	8%	27%	46%	–	166
18 , down 4 places since 2025	St Matthias School Wolverhampton · Community school	36.9	3%	24%	47%	–	159
19 , down 1 place since 2025	St Regis Church of England Academy Wolverhampton · Academy sponsor led	34.0	2%	20%	36%	–	124
–	Bilbrook CofE (VC) Middle School Wolverhampton · Voluntary controlled school · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Perton Middle School Wolverhampton · Community school · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–	–

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

Independent schools in Wolverhampton with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Tettenhall College Incorporated Wolverhampton · Other independent school	52.1	54%	39
Wolverhampton Grammar School Wolverhampton · Other independent school	33.7	0%	86

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Wolverhampton on our composite score

Wolverhampton GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Wolverhampton ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Wolverhampton with published GCSE results

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