Windsor High School and Sixth FormThe Earls High School

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

Summary of the comparison

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

  • Windsor High School and Sixth Form scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Earls High School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average). Windsor High School and Sixth Form is ahead on our composite score.

  • Windsor High School and Sixth Form was judged exceptional and The Earls High School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 46.5 for Windsor High School and Sixth Form and 48.2 for The Earls 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 The Earls High School (48.3 in 2021-22, 48.2 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Windsor High School and Sixth Form versus The Earls High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HalesowenWindsor High School and Sixth FormHalesowenThe Earls High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC66/100Stronger figureC57/100
Local ranking3rd of 18 in Dudley Stronger figure7th 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 1,293
Capacity1,700 1,200
LocationHalesowen, B63 4BB Halesowen, B63 3SL
GCSE results
Attainment 846.5 48.2 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths42.9% 46.7% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths66.5% 74.6% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc64.0% Stronger figure32.5% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.18 4.22 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort275 240
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 1,293
Free school meals (ever 6)28.7% 21.1%
English as an additional language18.6% 4.6%
SEN support8.9% 10.2%
SEN with an EHC plan1.9% 2.6%
Attendance
Overall absence8.3% 7.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence26.8% 18.8% Stronger figure15.8%

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

The Earls High School

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