Kingswinford Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Kingswinford, Dudley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.86 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kingswinford Academy is a secondary school in Kingswinford, Dudley for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2024. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Kingswinford 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 | 4.86 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 4.86 miles away, the longest of the 10 Dudley secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance was further in 2026 than in 2025 or 2023, swinging sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years.
- In 2026 for Year 7, 113 first-choice applications for 179 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 66 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 22.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Dudley is 37%.
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
- Water Street, Kingswinford, DY6 7AD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 917 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 July 2024
Strengths
- “Kingswinford Academy sets high expectations for pupils’ work and behaviour, including for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “The curriculum is broad and ambitious.”
- “Strong oversight from the trust ensures that the school’s curriculum builds effectively on what pupils already know.”
To improve
- “However, this is more effective in some subjects than others.”
- “However, there is some variability in how well assessment is used in the classroom.”
- “In some subjects, misconceptions are not identified as quickly as they might be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 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) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.3 | 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: 113 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 113 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.
- Summerhill School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Crestwood School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Wordsley School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ellowes Hall Sports College 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Pegasus Academy 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ridgewood High School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Milner Catholic College 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thorns Collegiate Academy 3.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published