Beacon Hill Academy, Dudley

From the headteacher's welcome: "Our values are shared among all of the Trust’s members. They were shaped by the student leaders from each of the schools and reflect the kind of ethos and culture they want to be a part of. Our strategic plan is a route map of how we are transforming education for our learners."

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am.

In 2026, pupils at Beacon Hill Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.1 in Dudley and 47 across England.

47% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Dudley and 47% in England.

That is up from 41 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.04: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 39.2, against 47.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 175 families put Beacon Hill Academy as their first choice and 466 named it as one of their preferences, for 219 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Beacon Hill Academy are The Dormston School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.5); Ellowes Hall Sports College (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 41.2); Bishop Milner Catholic College (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 45.4); and St James Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.6).

Beacon Hill Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Beacon Hill Academy is one of 8 schools run by Dudley Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 205 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 74% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

38.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (75%), Mixed (9%) and Black (6%).

In 2026, 103 pupils (9.2%) received SEN support and 41 (3.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Beacon Hill Academy has a resourced provision (18 places, 18 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (10 places, 9 pupils on roll) for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, physical disability and moderate learning difficulties.

The nearest railway station is Coseley Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woodsetton School (adjacent), 300 metres away.

In 2024/25, Beacon Hill Academy issued 195 suspensions, 18.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Beacon Hill Academy are Bramford Primary School (0.5 miles), St Chad's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles), Wrens Nest Primary School (0.7 miles) and Cotwall End Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.