Leasowes High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Halesowen, 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 🔒
Leasowes High School is a secondary school in Halesowen, Dudley for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Leasowes 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 | 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 was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, though places ran out (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 3 earlier years.
- Year 7 2026: 128 first-choice applications for 190 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 62 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 182 of the 409 applications (44%) for Year 7 in 2026 came from families living outside Dudley, and 79 offers went to them.
- 2024/25: 36% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th lowest 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
- Kent Road, Halesowen, B62 8PJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,043 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are justifiably proud to belong to Leasowes High School.”
- “The school’s motto of ‘every day, in every way, our students come first’ permeates through school life.”
- “Whether this is by providing an ambitious and broad curriculum, offering many opportunities to learn beyond the classroom or keeping pupils safe, the ‘Leasowes Learner’ is placed at the heart.”
To improve
- “In 2023, outcomes at the end of Year 11 were too low.”
- “However, this is not consistent across all subjects.”
- “On some occasions, pupils’ understanding is not checked effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 January 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) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.8 | 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: 128 first-preference applications, 190 offers in total, 128 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 Earls High School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Windsor High School and Sixth Form 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Link Academy 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thorns Collegiate Academy 3.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Pedmore High School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pegasus Academy 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St James Academy 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Redhill School 4.7 mi Good Last distance published