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Summerhill School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,093Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 103854URN

Lodge Lane, Kingswinford, DY6 9XE · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Summerhill School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodApr 2019
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2024
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
0.6 above Dudley median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Dudley

594 applications for 199 places · 4th of 19 in Dudley
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.0of 90
2nd of 19 in Dudley
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodApr 2019
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2024

Inspection history

  1. 9 May 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 3 April 2019
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.0applications per place, Year 7
0.6 above Dudley median (2.3) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

594 applications · 199 places offered · 291 named it first

  1. 2026 3.0; Dudley median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.5; Dudley median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.2; Dudley median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.6; Dudley median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.4; Dudley median median 2.4
  6. 2021 2.5; Dudley median median 2.1
  7. 2020 2.1; Dudley median median 2.2
  8. 2019 2.1; Dudley median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.9; Dudley median median 2.2
  10. 2017 2.5; Dudley median median 2.4
  11. 2016 2.6; Dudley median median 2.3
  12. 2015 3.1; Dudley median median 2.3
  13. 2014 2.7; Dudley median median 2.4
  • This school
  • Dudley median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261995943.02911.46
Sep 20252045182.53041.49
Sep 20242345092.22641.13
Sep 20232055252.62581.26
Sep 20221984722.42121.07
Sep 20212035122.52241.10
Sep 20201994192.11860.93
Sep 20191833802.11660.91
Sep 20182063921.91980.96
Sep 20172095302.52000.96
Sep 20162005272.62201.10
Sep 20151945913.12601.34
Sep 20141955272.72481.27

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

213 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.02nd of 19 in Dudley
Grade 5 or above in English and maths60%2nd of 19 in Dudley
Grade 4 or above in English and maths76%
  • This school
  • Dudley median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.43
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21351.060%76%–
2024/2520551.661%78%–
2023/2420850.964%80%+0.43
2022/2320550.856%79%+0.25

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
103854 · 332/4020
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,095 pupils · 1,093 on roll
Free school meals
10.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Lodge Lane, Kingswinford, DY6 9XE
Local authority
Dudley

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources