School admissions in Wolverhampton
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 43 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Wolverhampton in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 81 schools in Wolverhampton first 3,300 times for 3,288 places: 1.00 first choices per place. 20 of the 81 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 24 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.22 miles (West Park Primary School) to 3.59 miles (Claverley CofE Primary School).
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 19 schools in Wolverhampton first 3,310 times for 3,302 places: 1.00 first choices per place. 7 of the 19 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.62 miles (Coppice Performing Arts School) to 1.62 miles (The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
81 schools. 20 received more first preferences than they had places.
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
19 schools. 7 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal School, Wolverhampton | 5.70 | 30 | not published |
| Thomas Telford University Technical College | 2.34 | 149 | not published |
| Wolverhampton Girls' High School | 1.73 | 193 | not published |
| Coppice Performing Arts School | 1.34 | 175 | 0.623 miles |
| Highfields School | 1.28 | 271 | 1.012 miles |
| Heath Park | 1.26 | 196 | 0.816 miles |
| St Edmund's Catholic Academy | 1.09 | 192 | not published |
| The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton | 0.99 | 147 | 1.618 miles |
| Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy | 0.85 | 206 | not published |
| Wombourne High School | 0.84 | 185 | 3.021 miles |
| Ormiston NEW Academy | 0.71 | 211 | not published |
| Moreton School | 0.69 | 178 | not published |
| Aldersley High School | 0.67 | 169 | not published |
| St Matthias School | 0.65 | 173 | not published |
| Wednesfield Academy | 0.64 | 200 | not published |
| St Regis Church of England Academy | 0.60 | 99 | not published |
| Colton Hills Community School | 0.49 | 237 | not published |
| St Peter's Collegiate Academy | 0.49 | 206 | not published |
| Smestow Academy | 0.47 | 85 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.