Windsor High School and Sixth FormLeasowes High School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Halesowen.

Summary of the comparison

Windsor High School and Sixth Form and Leasowes High School are secondary schools in Halesowen.

  • Windsor High School and Sixth Form scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Leasowes High School scores 50 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Windsor High School and Sixth Form is ahead on our composite score.

  • Windsor High School and Sixth Form was judged exceptional and Leasowes High School was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 46.5 for Windsor High School and Sixth Form and 41.8 for Leasowes High School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Windsor High School and Sixth Form (50.0 in 2021-22, 46.5 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Leasowes High School (43.2 in 2021-22, 41.8 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Windsor High School and Sixth Form versus Leasowes High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HalesowenWindsor High School and Sixth FormHalesowenLeasowes High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC66/100Stronger figureD50/100
Local ranking3rd of 18 in Dudley Stronger figure16th of 18 in Dudley
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,760 1,054
Capacity1,700 1,220
LocationHalesowen, B63 4BB Halesowen, B62 8PJ
GCSE results
Attainment 846.5 Stronger figure41.8 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths42.9% Stronger figure36.2% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths66.5% Stronger figure59.5% 64.8%
Entering EBacc64.0% Stronger figure56.7% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.18 Stronger figure3.70 4.09
Cohort275 210
A-level results
A-level entries159 Not reported
A-level average points27.9 Not reported35.0
A-level average gradeC- Not reported
Best 3 A-levels points29.4 Not reported35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects5.9% Not reported17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,760 1,054
Free school meals (ever 6)28.7% 31.4%
English as an additional language18.6% 11.4%
SEN support8.9% 18.1%
SEN with an EHC plan1.9% 1.8%
Attendance
Overall absence8.3% Stronger figure9.8% 6.2%
Persistent absence26.8% Stronger figure33.2% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Windsor High School and Sixth Form

Leasowes High School

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