Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre
Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre is a special free school in Wolverhampton for boys and girls aged 16 to 19. It has 71 pupils and room for 75. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.
Millfields Road, Ettingshall, Wolverhampton, WV4 6JP01902 552274wvtc.org.ukMs Helen Andrioli executive headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 29 November 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Wolverhampton council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. A special school for pupils with autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Wolverhampton with autism provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (24), Moderate learning difficulty (17), emotional and mental health (12), Specific learning difficulty (7), language and communications needs (6), Multi-sensory impairment (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 71 | 61 | 51 | 54 | 49 | 44 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 69% | 69% | 57% | 52% | 53% | 50% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other special schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton | Free school | 90 m | 763 | Good 2023 | 75 | Compare |
| Bilston Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 610 m | 456 | Good 2024 | 62 | Compare |
| Bilston Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 830 m | 162 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| Lanesfield Primary School | Council | 850 m | 283 | Good 2023 | 68 | Compare |
| Windsor Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 860 m | 93 | Good 2019 | – | Compare |
| City of Wolverhampton College | Further education | 0.7 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Ormiston SWB Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 1,209 | Report card 2026 | 24 | Compare |
| Parkfield Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 191 | Report card 2025 | 70 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre a good school?
Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in November 2023.
What is Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre good at its last full inspection on 29 November 2023.
How many pupils does Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre have?
71 pupils aged 16 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 75 places, so it is 95% full.
Does Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It is a special school for autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
Does Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Millfields Road, Ettingshall, Wolverhampton, WV4 6JP
- Telephone
- 01902 552274
- Website
- www.wvtc.org.uk
- Executive Headteacher
- Ms Helen Andrioli
- Type of school
- Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 16-19, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Central Learning Partnership Trust (16 schools)
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Ward
- Ettingshall North
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton South East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2015 (free special school)
- URN
- 142123 · LAESTAB 3367001 · UKPRN 10053516
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.