Summerhill School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Kingswinford, Dudley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.18 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Summerhill School is a secondary school in Kingswinford, Dudley for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 May 2024. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Summerhill School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.18 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.18 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 10 Dudley secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and in 2023, though it swung sharply between some years, the biggest move being from 2023 to 2024.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 291 first-choice applications for 199 offers; 197 offers went to first-choice families and 94 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 51.6 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dudley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lodge Lane, Kingswinford, DY6 9XE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,093 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “Summerhill School pupils and staff greet everyone, including visitors, in a caring and supportive way.”
- “Community and togetherness are at the heart of this wonderful school.”
- “All pupils who spoke to inspectors understand the ‘CARE’ values.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not know whether pupils have secured the important knowledge before moving on.”
- “This results in some pupils not always building on previous learning, because they have not grasped the key ideas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 61% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 291 first-preference applications, 199 offers in total, 197 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Dudley.
- Kingswinford Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Crestwood School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Wordsley School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ridgewood High School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ellowes Hall Sports College 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Pegasus Academy 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thorns Collegiate Academy 3.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Redhill School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published