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The Earls High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,304of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 21.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 240
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 26 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Earls High School (URN 103860, until 1 January 2012).
What the data says
The Earls High School has no sixth form. Of the 232 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 17% moved to a sixth form college, 63% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.2 against 46.1 across England and 43.0 in Dudley, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, The Earls High School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 Earls High School | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 232 | 3,412 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 17% | 12% | 13% |
| — further education college | 63% | 59% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Earls High School | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.2 | 43.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 33% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.22 | 3.69 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 19% | 30% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.6 | 32.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.5 | 47.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 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 | 238 | 99% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 74% |
| Mathematics | 238 | 99% | 88% | 21% | 22% | 80% |
| English Literature | 232 | 97% | 86% | 19% | 21% | 77% |
| Combined Science | 188 | 78% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 62% |
| History | 138 | 57% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 53% |
| Business Studies | 92 | 38% | 18% | 5% | 20% | 54% |
| Geography | 86 | 36% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 58% |
| Religious Studies | 78 | 33% | 31% | 22% | 32% | 67% |
| Physical Education | 62 | 26% | 11% | 8% | 24% | 48% |
| Biology | 49 | 20% | 23% | 41% | 45% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 47 | 20% | 23% | 51% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 47 | 20% | 23% | 51% | 46% | 100% |
| Film Studies | 45 | 19% | 1% | 31% | 20% | 84% |
| Spanish | 36 | 15% | 19% | 36% | 27% | 81% |
| Computer Science | 35 | 15% | 13% | 29% | 30% | 57% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 33 | 14% | 8% | 24% | 21% | 82% |
| Fine Art | 30 | 13% | 9% | 33% | 28% | 90% |
| German | 30 | 13% | 5% | 20% | 33% | 83% |
| Drama | 29 | 12% | 7% | 10% | 27% | 66% |
| Design and Technology | 26 | 11% | 11% | 15% | 23% | 58% |
| French | 24 | 10% | 18% | 29% | 29% | 75% |
| Music | 23 | 10% | 5% | 35% | 33% | 91% |
| Dance | 14 | 6% | 1% | 57% | 27% | 79% |
| Textiles | 14 | 6% | 2% | 43% | 27% | 86% |
| Arabic | 8 | 3% | 1% | 13% | 47% | 88% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Punjabi | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 1 | 0% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 45 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 14 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 14 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 1 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 1 | — | — |
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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.