Beacon Hill Academy
Academy converter · 1,117 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.0
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The Brier School
- Pupils on roll
- 219of 203 places
- Free school meals
- 43.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 16
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 14 February 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Brier School (URN 103878, until 1 June 2025).
What the data says
Of the 16 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Brier School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 81% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 1.0 against 46.1 across England and 43.0 in Dudley, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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.
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 | The Brier School | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 16 | 3,412 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 94% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| — further education college | 81% | 59% | 37% |
| — other education | 13% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Brier School | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 1.0 | 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 | 0.05 | 3.69 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 50% | 30% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 0.6 | 32.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 1.4 | 47.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 3 | 19% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
| English Language | 2 | 13% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
Other secondary schools in Dudley
Bishop Milner Catholic College
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.9
Ellowes Hall Sports College
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78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.1
Kingswinford Academy
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.3
Leasowes High School
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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.