Beacon Hill Academy
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78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.0
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The Pedmore High School
- Pupils on roll
- 647of 787 places
- Free school meals
- 44.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 111
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 15 February 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Pedmore Technology College and Community School (URN 103859, until 1 April 2018).
What the data says
The Pedmore High School has no sixth form. Of the 104 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 4% moved to a sixth form college, 65% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.6 against 46.1 across England and 43.0 in Dudley, with 30% 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 2% 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 Pedmore High School | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 104 | 3,412 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 16% | 12% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 4% | 12% | 13% |
| — further education college | 65% | 59% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Pedmore High School | Dudley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.6 | 43.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 4% | 31% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.16 | 3.69 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 30% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.6 | 32.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.7 | 47.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 29% | 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 | 107 | 96% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 66% |
| Mathematics | 107 | 96% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 61% |
| English Literature | 103 | 93% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 79% |
| Combined Science | 90 | 81% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 51% |
| History | 33 | 30% | 41% | 6% | 26% | 42% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 26 | 23% | 8% | 23% | 21% | 58% |
| Psychology | 25 | 23% | 3% | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| Geography | 24 | 22% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 58% |
| Physical Education | 15 | 14% | 11% | 13% | 24% | 40% |
| Urdu | 14 | 13% | 1% | 64% | 42% | 100% |
| Art and Design | 14 | 13% | 7% | 7% | 24% | 79% |
| Physics | 14 | 13% | 23% | 29% | 46% | 64% |
| Computer Science | 12 | 11% | 13% | 17% | 30% | 33% |
| Sociology | 11 | 10% | 4% | 0% | 21% | 64% |
| Religious Studies | 9 | 8% | 31% | 44% | 32% | 78% |
| Drama | 9 | 8% | 7% | 33% | 27% | 89% |
| Biology | 7 | 6% | 23% | 71% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 7 | 6% | 23% | 57% | 47% | 100% |
| Music | 7 | 6% | 5% | 14% | 33% | 71% |
| Photography | 6 | 5% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 33% |
| French | 5 | 5% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Fine Art | 1 | 1% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Business Studies | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 24 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 17 | — | — |
| Tourism | 8 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 1 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 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.