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Best secondary schools in Dudley

18 of 21 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Dudley schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Old Swinford Hospital Stourbridge 0.44 Good declining oversubscribed 1.38 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Summerhill School Kingswinford 0.43 Good oversubscribed 1.46 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Pegasus Academy Dudley 0.35 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Redhill School Stourbridge hidden gem 0.19 Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Windsor High School and Sixth Form Halesowen 0.15 Not judged about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Kingswinford Academy Kingswinford hidden gem 0.12 Good undersubscribed 0.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Ridgewood High School Stourbridge hidden gem 0.06 Good improving about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Bishop Milner Catholic College Dudley -0.02 Good oversubscribed 1.57 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 The Earls High School Halesowen -0.02 Good oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 The Link Academy Dudley hidden gem -0.02 Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Beacon Hill Academy Dudley hidden gem -0.04 Good improving undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 St James Academy Dudley hidden gem -0.11 Good improving undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 The Crestwood School Dudley -0.13 Good about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 The Pedmore High School Stourbridge hidden gem -0.36 Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 The Dormston School Dudley -0.44 Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Ellowes Hall Sports College Dudley hidden gem -0.46 Good improving about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Leasowes High School Halesowen -0.47 Not judged undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Thorns Collegiate Academy Brierley Hill -0.52 Requires improvement improving undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Dudley

3 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Dudley, not a fairer one.

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