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Ellowes Hall Sports College

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy

Stickley Lane, Lower Gornal, Dudley DY3 2JH · elloweshall.co.uk · 01384 686600

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
43.1
average Attainment 8 score. Dudley 43, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,038
17 over 1,021 places · 102%
Local authority
Dudley
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
31.3%
First language not English
3.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Invictus Education Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 164 families put the school first and 185 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 136 (Places 173)136September 2023: 160 (Places 213)160September 2024: 164 (Places 208)164September 2025: 170 (Places 214)170September 2026: 164 (Places 185)164Places 185
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261851640.999%
September 2025Sept 20252141700.899%
September 2024Sept 20242081640.8100%
September 2023Sept 20232131600.8100%
September 2022Sept 20221731360.8100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.1, and 40.7% 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- (26.1 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: 47.5 (England 46.3)47.52017/18: 46.2 (England 46.5)46.22018/19: 46.2 (England 46.7)46.22021/22: 46.7 (England 48.8)46.72022/23: 41.1 (England 46.3)41.12023/24: 41.1 (England 45.9)41.12024/25: 43.1 (England 46.0)43.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼43.146.0
▼40.7%45.4%
▼58.4%64.8%
▼3.8%40.5%
▼3.494.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form1.9−11.2
Sixth form college12+4.5
Further education70.7+12.3
Apprenticeship3.4−3.1
Employment2.9+0.6
Not in a lasting destination6.7−1.2
Activity not captured2.4−1.8

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2023/24: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1924/252015/16: 28.3 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 23.3 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 24.6 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 24.5 (England 32.9)D+2024/25: 26.1 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
14 studentsC- (26.1)Below average -0.46
14 studentsC- (26.1)Below average -0.46
14 studentsDist- (32)Average -0.08
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2018/1950D+ (24.5)-0.31
2017/1831D+ (24.6)-0.26
2016/1725D+ (23.3)-0.52
2015/1642C- (28.3)-0.20

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/23
Left in 2022/23Since 2021/22
Apprenticeship11.1−5.6
Employment22.2−1.4
Not in a lasting destination44.4+37.5
Activity not captured22.2+18

Ofsted

Ellowes Hall Sports College was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 April 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
25 Apr 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2019Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2012Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Apr 2008Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

46% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (126 replies, to 1 April 2024).

Recommend
46%
Replies
126
12% · 1 Apr 2024
Child is happy at school▼57% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼57% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼41% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼60% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▼63% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼51% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼60% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼78% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼82% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼51% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼56% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 89% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼37% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 49% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼25% agreeEngland 67%

based on 13 parents (10%) with SEND

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