Beacon Hill Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Dudley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Beacon Hill Academy is a secondary school in Dudley for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Beacon Hill Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 3 earlier years.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 175 first-choice applications for 219 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 44 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 79 of the 466 applications (17%) for Year 7 in 2026 came from families living outside Dudley, and 36 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Dudley.
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
- High Arcal Drive, Sedgley, Dudley, DY3 1BP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,117 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “Beacon Hill Academy is a school where everyone goes the extra mile for their pupils.”
- “As one parent, typical of many others, stated, ‘I find the teachers to be dedicated and committed to the pupils succeeding.”
- “Pupils are happy and speak warmly about the many improvements that the school has put in place for them.”
To improve
- “That said, leaders recognise that there remain pupils whose attendance is still too low, despite the school’s extensive engagement with their parents and external agencies.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 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) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41 | 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: 175 first-preference applications, 219 offers in total, 175 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.
- The Dormston School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ellowes Hall Sports College 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Milner Catholic College 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Pegasus Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Link Academy 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kingswinford Academy 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Crestwood School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published