England · Grammar school
Wolverhampton Girls' High School
Wolverhampton · Girls only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 140798)
Overview
- Address
- Tettenhall Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 0BY
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Girls only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,211
- Capacity
- 950
- Eligible for free school meals
- 16.3%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area6% of Year 7 places offered in Wolverhampton for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- For September 2027 entry, there is no catchment area. After looked-after girls, the 25 highest-scoring Pupil Premium girls who reach the qualifying score get places. The rest go in strict order of test score.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: For September 2027 entry, families living inside or outside the City of Wolverhampton can apply. Places go on test score.
Past offers: lowest score and furthest distance
| Intake | Applicant group | Lowest score offered | Last distance offered | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | AllThe school says all 180 places went to girls scoring 208 or above. A waiting list ranked by score ran until 31 December 2026. | 208 | – | wghs.org.uksecondary source |
From published allocation data found in desk research (checked 1 November 2026); not yet confirmed with the school. Scores from different tests or years are not comparable, and a past cut-off does not guarantee a future place.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 731 applicants named this school (334 as their first choice) for 193 places. 107 of 193 offers went to children living outside Wolverhampton.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Wolverhampton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 193 | 731 | 334 | 1.7 | 107 |
| Sept 2025 | 180 | 722 | 320 | 1.8 | 103 |
| Sept 2024 | 198 | 682 | 319 | 1.6 | 107 |
| Sept 2023 | 174 | 703 | 345 | 2.0 | 105 |
| Sept 2022 | 193 | 755 | 362 | 1.9 | 94 |
Show all 12 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Wolverhampton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 173 | 777 | 371 | 2.1 | 94 |
| Sept 2020 | 175 | 730 | 382 | 2.2 | 92 |
| Sept 2019 | 136 | 660 | 360 | 2.6 | 75 |
| Sept 2018 | 140 | 619 | 334 | 2.4 | 65 |
| Sept 2017 | 137 | 634 | 331 | 2.4 | 77 |
| Sept 2016 | 138 | 582 | 344 | 2.5 | 62 |
| Sept 2015 | 142 | 561 | 345 | 2.4 | 78 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Wolverhampton" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (wghs.org.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 April 2014
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 28 November 2023: overall Outstanding. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Inspection history (3)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 75.1 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 97.7% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 68.8% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 98.9% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 74.2 (2023/24) → 75.4 (2024/25) → 75.1 (2025/26).
176 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- WV6 0BY
- Map location
- 52.59097, -2.15598
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01902551515
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.wghs.org.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 140798) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026