The Earls High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Halesowen, Dudley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.48 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Earls High School is a secondary school in Halesowen, Dudley for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 March 2025. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Earls High 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 | 1.48 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 1.48 miles away, the 4th shortest of 10 Dudley secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 291 first-choice applications for 237 offers; 230 offers went to first-choice families and 61 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 208 of the 825 applications (25%) came from families living outside Dudley, and 39 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
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
- Furnace Lane, Halesowen, B63 3SL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,304 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy strong relationships with staff and each other.”
- “Pupils are safe and enjoy learning.”
- “This contributes to their high attendance.”
To improve
- “However, the school does not help some pupils with SEND to develop their independence as well as it could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 2025 (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) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.2 | 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, 237 offers in total, 230 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.
- Windsor High School and Sixth Form 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leasowes High School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thorns Collegiate Academy 3.0 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Link Academy 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Pedmore High School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Redhill School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Old Swinford Hospital 3.9 mi School remains Good
- Pegasus Academy 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published