Mainstream provision for community lanuages in secondary schools

Five secondary schools in Wolverhampton offer Panjabi and Urdu as a foreign language in Key stage 4; three of these schools offer AS/A level Panjabi and one offers AS/A level Urdu as well.

About 250 students study Panjabi and Urdu at GCSE and AS/A level in the city's mainstream schools. There is a well establish tradition of achieving above the national average results in terms of A* to C grades. AS/A level results are exemplary 80% A to C grades in Panjabi and 100% A-C in Urdu.

The list below details schools which teach Panjabi and Urdu.

Schools teaching Panjabi and Urdu

Colton Hills Community School, Jeremy Road, Goldthorn Park, WV4 5DG. Panjabi Year 10, 11 and Sixth Form

Highfields Science Specialist School, Boundary Way, Penn, WV4 4NT.
Panjabi and Urdu Years 10,11 and Panjabi Sixth Form AS/A Level

Parkfield High School,
Wolverhampton Road East, WV4 6AP.
Panjabi Years 8,9,10, and 11

Pendeford High School,
Marsh Lane, Fordhouses, WV10 6SE.
Panjabi and Urdu Years 10,11 and Sixth Form AS/A Level

The King’s Church of England School, Regis Road, Tettenhall, WV6 8XG.
Urdu and Panjabi Years 10, 11 and Panjabi Sixth Form AS/A Level