West Midlands' highest-achieving schools: See top 10s as Wolverhampton school features in Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2026

And this year one local school has ranked among the best in the region - with Wolverhampton Girls' High School named in the top 10 state secondary schools in the West Midlands.

The school, which was last year again rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, ranked as the eighth in the region and in 61st place nationally.

Wolverhampton Girls' High School joins Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield and Newport Girls' High School in Shropshire in the top 10 ranking.

Helen Davies, editor of The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide, said: “The educational landscape is testing – budget challenges, rising student mental health issues, special educational needs and an increasingly uncertain future.

"But there is also so much to celebrate from the dedication of teachers who are finding ever more innovative and impactful ways to enrich their students and give them the very best start in life.

“As well as celebrating the academic excellence of the top schools it is uplifting to see how they are shaping their students to be ready for the 21st century, and instilling a lifelong love of learning.”

The national database of more than 2,000 schools is fully searchable by name, local authority, town and postcode and is available online on The Times website from today, December 5.

Top state secondary school in the West Midlands ranked

1. King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

2. King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Birmingham

3. Stratford Girls' Grammar School, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire 

4. King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Birmingham

5. Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield 

6. Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Sutton Coldfield

7. King Edward VI Five Ways School, Birmingham

8. Wolverhampton Girls' High School, Wolverhampton (national rank: 61=)

9. Newport Girls' High School, Newport, Shropshire

10. Rugby High School, Rugby, Warwickshire

Top comprehensive secondary schools in the West Midlands ranked

1. St Paul’s School for Girls, Edgbaston, Birmingham

2. Arden Academy, Solihull

3. North Leamington School, Leamington Spa

4. Kenilworth School, Kenilworth

5. Alsager School, Alsager 

6. Alderbrook School, Solihull 

7. Kings Norton Girls’ School and Sixth Form, Birmingham

8. Higham Lane School, Nuneaton 

9. Hanley Castle High School, Worcester

10. Hagley RC High School, Hagley

Top secondary independent schools in the West Midlands ranked

1. King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham

2. Concord College, Shrewsbury

3. King Edward’s School, Birmingham

4. Solihull School, Solihull

5. Warwick School, Warwick

6. RGS Worcester, Worcester

7. Newcastle-under-Lyme School

8. Bromsgrove School, Bromsgrove

9. Bablake School, Coventry

10. King Henry VIII School, Coventry

Top primary schools in the West Midlands ranked

1. Lift Lea Forest, Birmingham

2. Walford Nursery and Primary School, Ross-on-Wye

3. St Filumena's RC Primary School, Stoke-on-Trent

4. Little Sutton Primary School, Sutton Coldfield

5. St Anne's RC Primary School, Sutton Coldfield

6= Chilcote Primary School, Birmingham

6= Four Oaks Primary School, Sutton Coldfield

8. Goldenhill Primary Academy, Stoke-on-Trent

9= Christ Church CofE Primary School, Lichfield

9= The Olive School, Small Heath