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Redhill School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Junction Road, Stourbridge DY8 1JX · redhill.dudley.sch.uk · 01384 986351
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Dudley 43, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,204
- 29 over 1,175 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25.2%
- First language not English
- 7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 229 families put the school first and 245 places were offered; 97% 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 | 245 | 229 | 0.9 | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 236 | 235 | 1 | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 239 | 257 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 241 | 259 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 237 | 226 | 1 | 93% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.8, and 54.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲54.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲71.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲72.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.50 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.5 | +0.6 |
| Sixth form college | 40.8 | +5.1 |
| Further education | 46.6 | +0.3 |
| Other education | 0.4 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.7 | −1.6 |
| Employment | 0.4 | −1.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2.5 | −2 |
| Activity not captured | 2.1 | −0.8 |
Ofsted
Redhill School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 25 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2011
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Jun 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (176 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 176
- 15% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 49% who had a child bullied
based on 42 parents (24%) with SEND