Summerhill School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Dudley
Lodge Lane, Kingswinford, DY6 9XE
73
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
66%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.9%
15.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,093
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,095 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
66%
1st preference success rate
200 of 304 families who put it first got an offer
204
Places offered
518
Total applications
2.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 304 | 200 | ● 66% |
| 2nd preference | 123 | 4 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 56 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 35 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 518 | 204 | 39% |
1st preference success by year
Dudley lets families list 5 preferences. 41 applications came from outside the council area (5 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Tim Harris
- Address
- Lodge Lane, Kingswinford, DY6 9XE
- Phone
- 01384816165
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Ward / constituency
- Kingswinford South · Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 103854
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 10% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,093 pupils · 1,095 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
09 May 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,103 pupils
Attendance
93.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
15.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 50.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.43 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 64% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 80% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.46 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 60.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 78% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 41% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.59 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 205 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 205 | 28% | 66% | 85% | |
| English Language | 205 | 22% | 60% | 79% | |
| English Literature | 204 | 22% | 70% | 82% | |
| History | 143 | 25% | 62% | 73% | |
| Combined Science | 136 | 13% | 51% | 71% | |
| Geography | 88 | 18% | 55% | 67% | |
| Biology | 68 | 35% | 78% | 91% | |
| Physics | 67 | 24% | 72% | 88% | |
| Chemistry | 67 | 31% | 69% | 87% | |
| Business | 65 | 9% | 52% | 66% | |
| Physical Education | 64 | 5% | 30% | 53% | |
| Art and Design | 57 | 42% | 74% | 84% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Dudley council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.