The Pedmore High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Stourbridge, 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 🔒
The Pedmore High School is a secondary school in Stourbridge, Dudley for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 February 2023. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Pedmore 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, as at 6 of the 16 other Dudley secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry there were 76 first-choice applications for 92 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 16 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 30% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 39.6 (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
- Grange Lane, Pedmore, Stourbridge, DY9 7HS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 647 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pedmore High School is a welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “It lives by its values of ‘aspire, persevere and succeed’ in everything it does.”
- “Pupils enjoy attending school.”
To improve
- “However, at times, some pupils cannot always recall previous important learning.”
- “In some subjects, including geography, their knowledge is less secure.”
- “This is because the previous curriculum did not always develop pupils’ knowledge deeply enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.6 | 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: 76 first-preference applications, 92 offers in total, 76 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.
- Redhill School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Old Swinford Hospital 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Thorns Collegiate Academy 1.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Ridgewood High School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Wordsley School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Windsor High School and Sixth Form 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Crestwood School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Earls High School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published