The Earls High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 15 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Dudley
Unique reference
137812
Address
Furnace Lane, B63 3SL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1262 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
6.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.2%
Persistent absence
19.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 71.1%
Mixed 8%
Other 4.6%
Pakistani 3.6%
Unclassified 3.5%
Indian 3.3%
Other Asian 2.1%
Other White 1.5%
African 1%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.1
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.89
Local authority average 3.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award44
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award17
Health StudiesTechnical Award40
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award1
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
Art & DesignGCSE2
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE49
Business Studies:SingleGCSE65
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Earls High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
261
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
328
2nd preference
355
3rd preference
86
From another Local Authority
223
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
252
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
47
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
278
133
145
Year 8
259
129
130
Year 9
247
122
125
Year 10
243
133
110
Year 11
235
112
123
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
85.3%
86.5%
Further education
58.0%
55.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
8.0%
12.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
23.0%
17.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
6.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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