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Summerhill School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Lodge Lane, Kingswinford DY6 9XE · summerhill.dudley.sch.uk · 01384 816165
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 51.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Dudley 43, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.5
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,093
- 100% of 1,095 places
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 10.2%
- First language not English
- 0.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 291 families put the school first and 199 places were offered; 68% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 199 | 291 | 1.5▲ | 68% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 204 | 304 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 234 | 264 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 205 | 258 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 198 | 212 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 51.6, and 60.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Dudley it was 43, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲51.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲60.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲78.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ●41.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.59 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.3 | −1.9 |
| Sixth form college | 25 | −7.5 |
| Further education | 59.1 | +6.5 |
| Other education | 0.5 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.9 | 0 |
| Employment | 1 | +0.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.3 | +2.4 |
| Activity not captured | 1 | 0 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Summerhill School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 8 May 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (263 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 263
- 25% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied
based on 39 parents (15%) with SEND