Beacon Hill Academy
Academy converter · 1,117 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.0
Foundation special school
Halesbury School
- Pupils on roll
- 174of 117 places
- Free school meals
- 43.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 8
- Ofsted
- Report card, 10 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Expected standardSafeguarding Met
What the data says
Of the 6 pupils who finished Year 11 at Halesbury School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Halesbury School’s own sixth form (Dudley average 12%), 33% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Halesbury School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 2.1, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Dudley and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Halesbury School | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 6 | 3,412 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| — further education college | 33% | 59% | 37% |
| — other education | 50% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 17% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Halesbury School | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 2.1 | 43.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.10 | 3.69 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 50% | 30% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 32.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 47.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 11% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 2 | 25% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| Mathematics | 2 | 25% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
| Biology | 1 | 13% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
Other secondary schools in Dudley
Bishop Milner Catholic College
Academy converter · sixth form · 798 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.9
Ellowes Hall Sports College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,038 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.1
Kingswinford Academy
Academy converter · 917 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.3
Leasowes High School
Academy converter · 1,043 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.8
Old Swinford Hospital
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,036 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.0
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.