The Dormston School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Dudley, DY3 1SN
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Beacon Hill Academy
High Arcal Drive, Sedgley, Dudley, DY3 1BP
Local ranking12th of 18 secondary schools in Dudley
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1210
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 6.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 185
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1080
- Boys
- 564 (52%)
- Girls
- 516 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1210 (89% full)
- SEND
- 11.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 40.8%
- EAL
- 4.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.2%
- SEN Support
- 7.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,498/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 78.5%
- Black African: 4.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 3.3%
- Asian Indian: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.4%
78.5%
White British
4.2%
Black African
3.3%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
High Arcal Drive
Dudley, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137705
- UKPRN
- 10035806
- Establishment No.
- 5403
- Trust
- DUDLEY ACADEMIES TRUST
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