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Windsor High School and Sixth Form

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Richmond Street, Halesowen B63 4BB · windsorhighschool.org.uk · 0121 550 1452

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
46.5
average Attainment 8 score. Dudley 43, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,710
10 over 1,700 places · 101%
Local authority
Dudley
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
29.2%
First language not English
18.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Windsor Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 294 families put the school first and 291 places were offered; 89% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 310 (Places 286)310September 2023: 340 (Places 290)340September 2024: 291 (Places 287)291September 2025: 284 (Places 287)284September 2026: 294 (Places 291)294Places 291
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262912941▲89%
September 2025Sept 2025287284191%
September 2024Sept 20242872911▲91%
September 2023Sept 20232903401.2▲83%
September 2022Sept 20222863101.1▲88%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.5, and 42.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Dudley it was 43, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (27.9 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 48.5 (England 46.3)48.52017/18: 46.9 (England 46.5)46.92018/19: 48.3 (England 46.7)48.32021/22: 50.0 (England 48.8)50.02022/23: 46.6 (England 46.3)46.62023/24: 49.5 (England 45.9)49.52024/25: 46.5 (England 46.0)46.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●46.546.0
▼42.9%45.4%
●66.5%64.8%
▲64.0%40.5%
●4.184.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form32.3−4.3
Sixth form college12.8−1.2
Further education45.5+11.9
Other education0.4+0.1
Apprenticeship4.50
Employment0.8−1.3
Not in a lasting destination2.6−3.2
Activity not captured1.1−2

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 27.1 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 26.7 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 27.6 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 30.9 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 37.4 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 33.8 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 30.8 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 27.9 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
159 studentsC- (27.9)Average -0.10
159 studentsC- (27.7)Below average -0.14
57 studentsMerit+ (29.8)Average +0.02
7 studentsDist+ (40.6)Above average +0.72
5.9%AAB or better
96.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24138C (30.8)+0.07
2022/23131C+ (33.8)—
2021/22127B- (37.4)—
2018/1987C (30.9)+0.20
2017/18101C- (27.6)+0.11
2016/17155C- (26.7)-0.01
2015/16130C- (27.1)-0.20

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University60+1.4
Further and other education1.9+0.5
Further education1.3+0.6
Other education0.6−0.1
Apprenticeship8.4+4.1
Employment17.4−4
Not in a lasting destination9.7+1.1
Activity not captured2.6−3.1

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Windsor High School and Sixth Form on 8 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
8 Oct 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, May 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • May 2022Ungraded inspectionImproving
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Nov 2008Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding

What parents said

71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (133 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
71%
Replies
133
8% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼77% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼79% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼74% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●85% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼78% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼62% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼73% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼71% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼60% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 77% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼46% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 41% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼36% agreeEngland 67%

based on 31 parents (23%) with SEND

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