The Earls High School, Halesowen

In its own words: "As a school we are extremely proud of our badge, you will see it everywhere around the school. We are proud because it sums everything that we believe in. The motto on the badge says ‘Ut Fili Lucis Fiatis’ and it means ‘to become children of the light’, and that is the reason we exist as a school."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include dance, drama, orchestra, chess, sewing and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at The Earls High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.1 in Dudley and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Dudley and 47% in England.

That is down from 48.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.02: 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 37.7, against 50.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 30 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 291 families put The Earls High School as their first choice and 825 named it as one of their preferences, for 237 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 61 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Earls High School are Windsor High School and Sixth Form (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.2); Leasowes High School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.2); Ormiston Forge Academy (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.1); and Perryfields Academy (1.9 miles, Attainment 8 41.4).

The Earls High School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

The Earls High School is one of 13 schools run by Stour Vale Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.8 in 2024/25.

98 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Earls High School (as of September 2025): 86% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 64% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (64%).

Of the 235 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 51% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

4.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (74%), Asian (9%) and Mixed (7%).

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

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Earls High School (adjacent), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 112 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Dudley (212).

In 2024/25, The Earls High School issued 47 suspensions, 3.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to The Earls High School are Halesowen CofE Primary School (0.2 miles), Tenterfields Primary Academy (0.3 miles), Newfield Park Primary Academy (0.4 miles) and Our Lady and St Kenelm RC School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.