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Leasowes High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Kent Road, Kent Road, Halesowen B62 8PJ · leasoweshighschool.co.uk · 01384 686606
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Dudley 43, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,043
- 85% of 1,220 places
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 35.3%
- First language not English
- 11.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 128 families put the school first and 190 places were offered; 100% 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 | 190 | 128 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 180 | 132 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 209 | 177 | 0.8 | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 231 | 169 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 206 | 208 | 1▲ | 93% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.8, and 36.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼36.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼59.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲56.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.70 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103861)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.7 | −1.4 |
| Sixth form college | 14.8 | +3.3 |
| Further education | 61.9 | −0.2 |
| Other education | 0.5 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.3 | +1.1 |
| Employment | 1 | −2.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.7 | −3.6 |
| Activity not captured | 7.1 | +3.3 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Leasowes High School on 3 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
63% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (94 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 63%
- Replies
- 94
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (20%) with SEND