Secondary
Beacon Hill Academy
High Arcal Drive, Sedgley, Dudley, DY3 1BP
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1117 of 1210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
- Local authority
- Dudley
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- DUDLEY ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 82.8
- Pupils per adult
- 12.9
- Pupils
- 1,068
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
46%
4 points above the Dudley average (42% across 18 schools)
41.0
3.3 below the Dudley average (44.3 across 18 schools)
7th of 18 by our score, among the secondary schools in Dudley we can score - 22 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.26 |
| Entered the EBacc | 7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37% |
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 32% |
| 24/25 | 46% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.16 |
| 22/23 | -0.02 |
| 23/24 | -0.04 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.4 |
| 22/23 | 39.6 |
| 23/24 | 39.3 |
| 24/25 | 41.0 |
High Arcal Drive, Sedgley, Dudley, DY3 1BP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Dudley admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Interim Headteacher
- Sukhjot Dhami
- Address
- High Arcal Drive, Sedgley, Dudley, DY3 1BP
- Telephone
- 01902677754