Pegasus Academy, Dudley

Ofsted's report card from its 14 April 2026 inspection grades Pegasus Academy on 6 areas: 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "In recent years, there have been significant improvements in examination outcomes."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders work hard to improve attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is well designed and carefully sequenced to help pupils build up their knowledge and skills over time."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have high ambitions for all pupils."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The experienced leadership team has a secure understanding of the school and its community."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The personal development offer is broad and inclusive."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers consistently check what pupils have remembered and understood and use this information to adapt teaching where needed"; "Leaders should continue to improve pupils' attendance, particularly for those who are persistently absent".

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am immensely proud to have been Principal of Pegasus Academy since the summer term of 2018. We have a strong leadership team, enthusiastic and motivated staff, and learners who are a credit to their community. Our academy is above the national average for the progress made by learners and above average for Dudley."

In 2026, pupils at Pegasus Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.1 in Dudley and 47 across England.

37% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Dudley and 47% in England.

That is down from 44.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.35: pupils made above 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 36.6, against 46.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 79 families put Pegasus Academy as their first choice and 213 named it as one of their preferences, for 111 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 Pegasus Academy are St James Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.6); Bishop Milner Catholic College (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 45.4); The Link Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.2); and Ellowes Hall Sports College (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.2).

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

Pegasus 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 118 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 77% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

49.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 30.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (37%), Asian (26%) and Black (17%).

In 2026, 113 pupils (16.2%) received SEN support and 18 (2.6%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Flood Street (West Midlands Metro), about 1 mile away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Enstone Road (opposite), 160 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Pegasus Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 330 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Dudley (212), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Pegasus Academy issued 159 suspensions, 25 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 9 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Pegasus Academy are Russells Hall Primary School (0.6 miles), Blowers Green Primary School (0.6 miles), Woodside Primary School and Nursery (0.6 miles) and Jesson's Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.