Kingswinford Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Kingswinford · DY6 7AD · Dudley
Ages 11–16
- Att846.1
- P80.1
- EM5+48%
- Absence9.7%
0.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 103854
Summerhill School
Community school · Kingswinford · DY6 9XE
Ages 11–16 · 1,093 pupils · Dudley
Ofsted
School remains Good
Attainment 8
50.9
Overall absence
6.6%
Admissions demand
1.13 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-06-11
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.43
−20+2
Attainment 850.9
English & maths grade 5+64%
English & maths grade 4+80%
EBacc entry35%
EBacc APS: 4.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)17.1%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 5.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,080
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.13 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
264
Places offered
234
1st-preference offers
230
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 509
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 234
- Applications from outside LA
- 34
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 4
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill100%
1,093 pupils · 1,095 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,093
- Boys / girls
- 550 / 543
- School capacity
- 1,095
- Capacity fill
- 1,093 / 1,095 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 10.2%
- FSM pupils
- 111
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Tim Harris
Location
- Address
- Lodge Lane
- Postcode
- DY6 9XE
- Town
- Kingswinford
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Dudley
- District
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Kingswinford, Dudley, 1,093 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 10.2%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
The Crestwood School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Dudley · DY6 8QG · Dudley
Ages 11–16
- Att840.9
- P8-0.1
- EM5+37%
- Absence10.1%
1.3 miles away
The Wordsley School
Ofsted: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 NextAcademy converter · Secondary
Stourbridge · DY8 5SP · Dudley
Ages 11–16
- FSM39.7%
1.7 miles away
Ridgewood High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Stourbridge · DY8 3NQ · Dudley
Ages 11–16
- Att845.2
- P80.1
- EM5+42%
- Absence8.7%
2.6 miles away
Wombourne High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Wolverhampton · WV5 8BJ · Staffordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att844.0
- P8-0.1
- EM5+43%
- Absence9.2%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Tim Harris
- Telephone
- 01384816165