Beacon Hill Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Dudley, DY3 1BP
- Distance
- 1.1km away
The Dormston School
Mill Bank, Sedgley, Dudley, DY3 1SN
Local ranking13th of 19 secondary schools in Dudley
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1120
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 8 June 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 229
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1138
- Boys
- 571 (51%)
- Girls
- 557 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1120 (101% full)
- SEND
- 21.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.8%
- EAL
- 3.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 18.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,005/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.5%
- Asian Indian: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.5%
86.8%
White British
3.5%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
2.6%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Mill Bank
Dudley, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 103855
- UKPRN
- 10017008
- Establishment No.
- 4023
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