The Royal School Wolverhampton Competitors

City of Wolverhampton College is a leading provider of further education in the West Midlands region, was graded 'good' by Ofsted in January 2023, and granted Technical Excellence College status for Advanced Manufacturing (AMTEC) in April 2026. The college offers a wide range of courses for school leavers and adult learners, with qualifications from entry level to university-level HNCs, HNDs and HTQs, and foundation degrees in partnership with The University of Wolverhampton. It also provides a comprehensive apprenticeship programme training staff for local, regional and national employers, 'preparation for work' schemes to enhance employability skills, and an expanding 'into employment' programme to help individuals upskill and retrain in local priority sectors. The college has two main sites in the city - a new state-of-the-art campus at the City Learning Quarter (CLQ), in the centre of Wolverhampton, which opened in November 2025, and a recently expanded campus at Wellington Road, in Bilston - as well as a specialist Polymer Training and Innovation Centre in Telford The CLQ campus boasts industry-standard science labs, digital areas, hair and beauty salons, a mock-up hospital ward, and professional broadcast, music, photography and performing arts studios; while the Wellington Road campus features a new £8.1 million Advanced Technology and Automotive Centre for engineering and automotive studies, construction centre with workshops for individual trades, professional bakery kitchen and shop, sports centre and early years training nursery.

Wolverhampton Grammar School is an award-winning, co-educational independent day school for children aged between 4 and 18 years of age.