 Colton Hills School was formed in September 1974 from a merger of Graiseley and Penn secondary modern schools in the Graiseley district of Wolverhampton and Wolverhampton Municipal Grammar School in Whitmore Reans.It initially existed within the buildings of these two schools before relocating to the site at Goldthorn Park during 1975, on land which Wolverhampton had gained from Sedgley in the local government reorganisation of 1966.It was initially known as Colton Hills Upper School, with the "Newhampton Road" site briefly used.