The City of Wolverhampton Council is appealing for volunteers to join its Independent Education Appeal Panel. The panel hears appeals from parents who have been refused a place for their child at their preferred school, and reviews decisions around the exclusion of pupils. Full training will be provided with the opportunity to observe a hearing. Although the role is voluntary, panel members can claim for expenses. Councillor Jacqui Coogan, Cabinet Member for Children, Young

City of Wolverhampton Council planners have approved £16.4m proposals for a new million Broadmeadow Special School in Pendeford, paving the way for more specialist school places for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The proposals – which are still subject to final agreement from the Department for Education – are designed to help meet growing demand by creating a purpose-built school on the site of the council's former Priory

Careers advisers from Connexions are on hand to help students decide what to do next after collecting their exam results. They will be in a number of city schools on GCSE results day this Thursday (20 August, 2026) and are offering daily drop-in sessions at the Civic Centre over the coming weeks to support anyone collecting their GCSE, A-level, T-level or other results this month. Councillor Jacqui Coogan, the City of Wolverhampton Council's Cabinet Member for Children, Y