Thorns Collegiate Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Brierley Hill, 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 🔒
Thorns Collegiate Academy is a secondary school in Brierley Hill, Dudley for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 12 March 2024. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Thorns Collegiate 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, as at 6 of the 16 other Dudley secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 124 first-choice applications for 147 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 23 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 34% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 38.7 (England 46).
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
- Stockwell Avenue, Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, DY5 2NU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 861 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 12 March 2024
Strengths
- “As Thorns Collegiate Academy has improved, more pupils are rising to the challenges set by leaders and staff and are increasingly proud of their school.”
- “Many pupils are happy at school.”
- “Staff care about pupils’ well-being and safety.”
To improve
- “However, some older pupils do not, to the frustration of others.”
- “This behaviour, combined with some variability in pupils’ learning in the classroom, stops some pupils from doing as well as they could.”
- “In many subjects, the school’s well-designed curriculum is not reflected in pupils’ outcomes.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 May 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) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.7 | 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: 124 first-preference applications, 147 offers in total, 124 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 Pedmore High School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Redhill School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Wordsley School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Old Swinford Hospital 1.6 mi School remains Good
- The Link Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Crestwood School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ridgewood High School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Pegasus Academy 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published