Mainstream provision for community languages 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.

Schools teaching Panjabi and Urdu

The following secondary schools teach 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