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The Pedmore High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Grange Lane, Pedmore, Stourbridge DY9 7HS · pedmorehighschool.uk · 01384 686711
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Dudley 43, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 647
- 82% of 787 places
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 44.7%
- First language not English
- 30.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 76 families put the school first and 92 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 | 92 | 76 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 125 | 83 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 136 | 104 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 134 | 108 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 107 | 92 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.6, and 29.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼29.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼54.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼3.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.16 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103859)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 13.5 | +5.1 |
| Sixth form college | 19.8 | +4.7 |
| Further education | 50.8 | −4.7 |
| Other education | 0.8 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.4 | +0.7 |
| Employment | 0.8 | −1.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4 | −3.6 |
| Activity not captured | 7.9 | −0.5 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 February 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for The Pedmore High School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 14 Feb 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103859), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103859)
Nov 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103859)
What parents said
53% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 53%
- Replies
- 30
- 5% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied