Ellowes Hall Sports College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Dudley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.75 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ellowes Hall Sports College is a secondary school in Dudley for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Ellowes Hall Sports College 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 | 4.75 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 2026, the last child offered a place lived 4.75 miles away, 2nd longest of 10 Dudley secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 164 first-choice applications for 185 offers; 163 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (1%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 41% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 43.1 (England 46).
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
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
- Stickley Lane, Lower Gornal, Dudley, DY3 2JH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,038 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “Ellowes Hall is a school that has seen significant improvements over recent times.”
- “There is a palpable sense of the positive culture shift that has occurred.”
- “Pupils appreciate the changes that have taken place and feel increasingly happy and safe.”
To improve
- “Many appreciate these changes but there are a few who are not yet meeting these higher expectations.”
- “Sometimes, these checks are not thorough enough to identify whether pupils have secured the knowledge needed for the next phase of their learning.”
- “Some pupils, including some with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), do not complete key steps in the learning sequence before moving on, and so gaps in their knowledge develop.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2023 (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) | 43.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
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: 164 first-preference applications, 185 offers in total, 163 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.
- Beacon Hill Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Dormston School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Milner Catholic College 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pegasus Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St James Academy 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Kingswinford Academy 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Crestwood School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Link Academy 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published