Secondary
St James Academy
St James's Road, Dudley, DY1 3JE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 867 of 900 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Trust
- DUDLEY ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 87.8
- Pupils per adult
- 9.8
- Pupils
- 856
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 June 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
March 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
37%
5 points below the Dudley average (42% across 18 schools)
36.8
7.5 below the Dudley average (44.3 across 18 schools)
11th 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 | 36.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.32 |
| Entered the EBacc | 38% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% |
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 | 34% |
| 22/23 | 38% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 37% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.07 |
| 22/23 | +0.03 |
| 23/24 | -0.11 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.4 |
| 22/23 | 38.4 |
| 23/24 | 38.1 |
| 24/25 | 36.8 |
St James's Road, Dudley, DY1 3JE
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
- Headteacher
- Ian Moore
- Address
- St James's Road, Dudley, DY1 3JE
- Telephone
- 01384685200