Which school has the best GCSE results in Dudley?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Old Swinford Hospital tops the table in Dudley with 59.0, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Dudley schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Dudley show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Dudley GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

18 state secondary schools in Dudley ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 2 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 19 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Dudley ranked on Attainment 8

18 of 19 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Dudley ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Old Swinford Hospital Stourbridge · Voluntary aided school	59.0	71%	86%	4.99	93
2	Summerhill School Kingswinford · Community school	51.6	61%	78%	4.59	205
3	The Earls High School Halesowen · Academy converter	48.2	47%	75%	4.22	240
4	Redhill School Stourbridge · Academy converter	47.8	54%	72%	4.50	242
5	Windsor High School and Sixth Form Halesowen · Academy converter	46.5	43%	67%	4.18	275
6	Kingswinford Academy Kingswinford · Academy converter	46.3	41%	67%	4.00	179
7	Ridgewood High School Stourbridge · Academy converter	46.0	42%	68%	3.90	101
8	Bishop Milner Catholic College Dudley · Academy converter	45.9	40%	62%	3.83	147
9	Pegasus Academy Dudley · Academy converter	44.4	41%	67%	3.70	102
10	Ellowes Hall Sports College Dudley · Academy converter	43.1	41%	58%	3.49	209
11	The Dormston School Dudley · Community school	42.1	43%	61%	3.44	219
12	Leasowes High School Halesowen · Academy converter	41.8	36%	60%	3.70	210
13	Beacon Hill Academy Dudley · Academy converter	41.0	46%	58%	3.26	185
14	The Link Academy Dudley · Academy sponsor led	40.4	33%	57%	3.48	195
15	The Pedmore High School Stourbridge · Academy converter	39.6	30%	54%	3.16	111
16	The Crestwood School Dudley · Academy sponsor led	38.9	25%	48%	3.07	197
17	Thorns Collegiate Academy Brierley Hill · Academy sponsor led	38.7	34%	51%	3.42	179
18	St James Academy Dudley · Academy converter	36.8	37%	48%	3.32	153
–	The Wordsley School Stourbridge · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Independent schools in Dudley with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited Stourbridge · Other independent school	14.2	13%	30
Priory Park Community School Other independent school	6.6	0%	10

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Dudley on our composite score

Dudley GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Dudley ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Dudley with published GCSE results

More about schools in Dudley

Dudley GCSE results: common questions