Summerhill School

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Lodge Lane
Kingswinford
West Midlands
DY6 9XE
Phone 01384816165
Reference Number 103854

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Summerhill School is a mixed community secondary school located in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England. It was established in 1961 by Brierley Hill Urban District Council. The school has a strong reputation for success through caring, with an ethos encompassing courage, ambition, respect, and effort. Summerhill School follows the wide-ranging National Curriculum with a focus on academics, equipping students for further education and professional life. The school provides education to students aged 11 to 16, and the main languages of instruction are English and Welsh.

The school lies at the address Lodge Lane, Kingswinford, West Midlands, DY6 9XE. The campus is spread across approximately 1046 students, supported by a team of passionate staff and committed parents. Summerhill School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection. The school maintains strong connections with local charities, organizations, employers, and higher education establishments, which enhance students' opportunities for post-graduate development.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1054
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.04%
Girls: 48.96%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 9.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 110 105 215
8 102 107 209
9 109 104 213
10 97 112 209
11 120 88 208

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.9%
Indian 1.7%
Unclassified 1.6%
White & Asian 1.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.3%
Pakistani 1.2%
Mixed, Other 0.7%
White, Other 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
White & Black (African) 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Asian, Other 0.2%
African 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2024-06-12
Date Description Report
2024-05-08 School inspection School inspection
2019-04-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2018-06-14 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2016-11-22 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-11-29 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-01-07 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2009-03-16 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-01-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-02-02 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
50.7 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 56% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 72% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 114 4
Third Preference 79 0
From another Local Authority 34 4

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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