State-fundedAcademy converter · Dudley · B62 8PJ
Secondary (no sixth form) · ages 11–16
Leasowes High School is a state-funded school in Dudley, teaching pupils aged 11 to 16.
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress 8 | -0.4717th percentile | -0.4418th percentile | -0.4517th percentile | -0.4517th percentile |
| Attainment 8 | 41.936th percentile | 39.525th percentile | 43.230th percentile | 41.531st percentile |
Progress 8 for 2023–24 was -0.47 — below average, the 17th percentile nationally. On average pupils left with grades about 0.47 of a grade per subject lower than pupils across England who had the same results at the end of primary school.
The 95% confidence interval for 2023–24 runs -0.67 to -0.28. That sits entirely below zero, so the below-average result is very unlikely to be chance. It has been broadly steady across the years shown.
Attainment 8 is the average grade pupils leave with across eight GCSEs; it tells you where they ended up, and tracks the intake a school admits as much as anything the school does. Progress 8 compares those grades with pupils nationally who had the same results at the end of primary school, so it is the better measure of what a school added.
| Grade 5+ in English & Maths | 38%41st percentile |
|---|---|
| EBacc average point score | 3.7541st percentile |
A school can post a respectable overall score while coasting one group and carrying the average on another. The row that matters to you is the one your own child sits in.
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower starters | -0.19 | -0.26 | -0.40 | -0.28 |
| Middle starters | -0.50 | -0.40 | -0.46 | -0.45 |
| Higher starters | -0.62 | -0.95 | -0.47 | -0.68 |
128 families named this school first for 190 places for 2026 entry — 0.67 first preferences per place.
| 2026 entry | 2025 entry | 2024 entry | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per place | 0.67× | 0.73× | 0.85× |
This is how sought-after a school is, not how good it is — demand tracks house prices and older siblings as much as anything a school does. It is also not your chance of getting in: a school with two applicants per place can still admit everyone living near it, while a less popular school a mile further away turns you down. Distance is usually what decides it, and that depends on your address.
| Overall absence | 9.3%40th percentile |
|---|---|
| Persistently absent pupils | 30.2%29th percentile |
Absence is worth reading next to results: it is a plainer signal of whether pupils are turning up and engaged than any grade average. Across the schools in this dataset the overall absence rate averages 9.0%, so this school is above the norm.
School remains Good
The outcome of an ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school's previous grade still holds rather than issuing a new one.
The GCSE results here are for 2023–24 and earlier, which describes pupils who have already left. Nothing on this page covers where pupils go next, A-level or sixth-form results, pastoral care, how far a school pushes music, sport or drama, or how it feels to walk around — and those are the things parents most often say settled it. Visit at an open evening before you rank a school.
Nor is any of it a prediction of a place. Whether your child is offered one depends on the school's admission criteria and, most often, on how far you live from the gate.
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