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The Earls High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Furnace Lane, Halesowen B63 3SL · earlshighschool.org · 01384 816105
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2020
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 48.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Dudley 43, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,304
- 104 over 1,200 places · 109%
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 21.5%
- First language not English
- 4.7%
- 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 237 places were offered; 79% 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 | 237 | 291 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 265 | 287 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 261 | 328 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 272 | 297 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 258 | 254 | 1 | 92% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.2, and 46.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲48.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ●46.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲74.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼32.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.22 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 13.2 | +5.6 |
| Sixth form college | 23.4 | +3.1 |
| Further education | 51.1 | −8 |
| Other education | 0.4 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | −0.8 |
| Employment | 1.7 | −1.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.7 | +1.7 |
| Activity not captured | 2.1 | −0.4 |
Ofsted
The Earls High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 15 January 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Mar 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Oct 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (98 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 98
- 8% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 25 parents (26%) with SEND