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Wolverhampton Girls' High School

Wolverhampton Girls' High School is a selective grammar school for girls in Wolverhampton, educating around 1,200 pupils aged 11 to 18. Entry to Year 7 is through the West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership test, set by GL Assessment, in which a standardised score of 205 or above is the qualifying standard.

RegionWest Midlands
AdmissionsSchool admissions page
DfE URN140798

The exam

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Key dates & preparation

2028 entry

Test: Mid-September of Year 6, on a Saturday (September 2027)

Results: Mid-October 2027 — results are published to parents

Offers: National Offer Day — Wednesday 1 March 2028

When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).

General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.

Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28

2027 entry

Test: Mid-September of Year 6, on a Saturday (September 2026)

Results: Mid-October 2026 — results are published to parents

Offers: National Offer Day — Monday 1 March 2027

When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).

General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.

Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28

Admissions rules

No catchment — open competition

Places are ranked by partnership test score after the statutory priorities, under each school’s published criteria (some partnership schools operate priority circles — see the individual policy); distance is the usual tiebreak.

Read the school's admissions policy

Admissions in numbers

Entry yearQualifying scoreNotes & source
2026Qualifying score 205; priority score 224 (West Midlands Grammar Schools partnership test)One shared partnership test (GL Assessment) for the Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Warwickshire and Shropshire grammar schools in the partnership; 205 makes a child eligible, 224 is the priority score used in catchment categories. Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28

Results & destinations

2026 results

University destinations:

  • 5 leavers — Oxford or Cambridge — School-published: 'five students who have secured places at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge' (places).
  • 77 leavers — Russell Group universities — School-published: '77 of our students are going to Russell Group universities' (places).

Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28

2025 results

GCSE: Attainment 8 score 75.4; 97.2% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs

DfE performance tables

A level: Average point score per A level entry 43.02 (average grade B+); 43.2% of A level students achieved AAB or higher

DfE performance tables

Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28

2024 results

GCSE: Attainment 8 score 74.2; 97.2% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs

DfE performance tables

A level: Average point score per A level entry 42.66 (average grade B+)

DfE performance tables

Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28

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