Today, 69 primary schools in the city are Good or Outstanding, equivalent to 97% of those with a current Ofsted judgment, while 18 secondary schools are Good or Outstanding, or 90% of those with a current judgment.
That marks a significant increase from 2014, when just 66% of primary schools and 65% of secondaries held one of to the top 2 grades.
Councillor Jacqui Coogan, the City of Wolverhampton Council's Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education, said: "Our schools have been on a sustained journey of improvement over the last decade, and we're now seeing the fruits of their labour – with more pupils able to attend schools that are rated Good or Outstanding than ever before.
"This dramatic improvement is brilliant news for our city, and particularly for our children and young people.
"It has been achieved thanks to the hard work and dedication of our education leaders, school staff, governors and of course parents and pupils themselves.
"It has also been brought about thanks to excellent collaboration work between schools and the council and the efforts of high performing schools who have worked with other schools which have needed support.
"Intensive intervention, which has seen advisers from the council work with school leadership teams and governors to plan, deliver and monitor progress, has also helped secure a noticeable increase in standards over recent years.
"As a council, we have a strong commitment to school improvement through our Education Excellence strategy. We also have ambitious political leadership which wants the very best for our children and young people, both in education and in all other aspects of their formative years.
"The onus is now on us all to maintain these high standards and, by supporting schools to improve and challenging where performance is below where it ought to be, we will ensure that children and young people are able to attend high performing schools across Wolverhampton.
"What is clear is that there has never been a better time to be a pupil in Wolverhampton, and for that we should thank everyone working in our education system today."
