Beacon Hill Academy
Academy converter · 1,117 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.0
Foundation special school
Sutton School
- Pupils on roll
- 194of 194 places
- Free school meals
- 52.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 31
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 15 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 33 pupils who finished Year 11 at Sutton School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 82% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
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.
Sutton School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 1.7, 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 | Sutton School | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 33 | 3,412 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 97% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 97% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| — further education college | 82% | 59% | 37% |
| — other education | 15% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Sutton School | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 1.7 | 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 | 0.18 | 3.69 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 71% | 30% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 1.9 | 32.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 1.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 4 | 13% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
| Combined Science | 3 | 10% | 65% | — | 9% | — |
| English Language | 1 | 3% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
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.