Academy converter · Secondary
Halesowen · B63 4BB · Dudley
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 137812
The Earls High School
Academy converter · Halesowen · B63 3SL
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
1,304
Local authority
Dudley
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Halesowen, Dudley, 1,304 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 21.5%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137812
Location
- Address
- Furnace Lane
- Postcode
- B63 3SL
- Town
- Halesowen
- County
- West Midlands
- Local authority
- Dudley
- District
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Halesowen
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,304
- Boys / girls
- 643 / 661
- School capacity
- 1,200
- Capacity fill
- 1,304 / 1,200 (109%)
- Free school meals
- 21.5%
- FSM pupils
- 280
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: STOUR VALE ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- STOUR VALE ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Stour Vale Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Hirsch
- Telephone
- 01384816105
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2020-01-15
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 48.4
- Progress 8
- -0.0
- English & maths grade 5+
- 49%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 69%
- EBacc entry
- 36%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
7.6%
Persistent absence
21.5%
Unauthorised
2.2%
- Authorised absence
- 5.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,277
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 7.9% · Persistent 24.5%
- 2021/22
- Overall 9.6% · Persistent 30.5%