Pegasus Academy

Pegasus Academy is a smaller-than-average secondary school in the Dudley Academies Trust, with high proportions of disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEN support. Inspectors found the school meeting expected standards across achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing. Safeguarding standards are met. Recent years have brought significant improvements in examination outcomes, and pupils now achieve broadly in line with national standards, with disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND progressing well from their starting points. The school's strengths include an inclusive and well-sequenced curriculum, consistent teaching approaches, effective reading and vocabulary support, and strong pastoral care. Pupils are calm, respectful and well behaved, bullying is dealt with effectively, and suspensions and exclusions have reduced significantly. Leadership and governance are secure, staff value professional development, and pupils benefit from a broad enrichment offer and a well-structured careers programme. The school's alternative provision unit provides a coherent pathway for pupils who struggle in the main school. Areas for improvement include persistent absence, which remains above the national average, and leaders need to improve how they spot absence patterns to intervene earlier. In some lessons, teachers do not consistently check what pupils, including those with SEND, have understood, so errors and gaps can go uncorrected. Leaders also need to check more carefully that all pupils fully understand and benefit from the personal development programme.

Strengths

• Exam outcomes have improved significantly and pupils now achieve broadly in line with national standards.
• Disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND make strong progress from their starting points.
• Pupils are well prepared for the next stage of education, employment or training.
• Pupils behave calmly and respectfully, and behaviour in lessons is well managed.
• Leaders respond effectively to bullying and discriminatory incidents, and pupils feel safe.
• Suspensions and exclusions have reduced significantly.
• The curriculum is well designed, carefully sequenced and regularly reviewed.
• Teaching has improved through a consistent whole-school approach and secure subject knowledge.
• Reading and vocabulary support helps pupils access the curriculum.
• SEND pupils are identified quickly, supported well and typically achieve well.
• Leaders make effective use of additional funding for disadvantaged pupils.
• Pastoral care is highly effective and supports vulnerable pupils' wellbeing.
• The school's alternative provision offers a coherent pathway for pupils struggling in main school.
• Leadership and governance have a secure understanding of the school and drive improvement.
• Staff benefit from a well-structured professional learning programme and value support for wellbeing.
• Personal development is broad and inclusive, with a wide range of enrichment and careers opportunities.
• Attendance for most pupils is regular, and disadvantaged pupils attend better than disadvantaged pupils nationally.
• Pupils enjoy school, feel a sense of belonging and are confident asking for help.

Areas for Improvement

• Persistent absence remains above the national average.
• Leaders need to improve how they spot patterns and trends in absence to intervene earlier.
• Some teachers do not consistently check pupils' understanding, including those with SEND, so errors and gaps can go uncorrected.
• There is some variation in the quality of pupils' work across subjects.
• Leaders do not check carefully enough that all pupils fully understand and benefit from the personal development programme.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Pegasus Academy attended 91.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 29.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 8.8% of pupils at Pegasus Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 9 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Pegasus Academy had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.2% of pupils at Pegasus Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Pegasus Academy received £9,249 and spent £9,917 for each of its 650 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £314,000 (£483 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Dudley Academies Trust, income was £8,942 and spending £8,862 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Dudley · Dudley local authority: places and applications

Pegasus Academy is part of Dudley Academies Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Blowers Green Primary School Dudley
• St James Academy Dudley
• The Link Academy Dudley
• Kates Hill Primary School Dudley
• Beacon Hill Academy Dudley
• The Old Park School Brierley Hill
• Greenfield Primary School Stourbridge

What is Pegasus Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Pegasus Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Pegasus Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Pegasus Academy was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Pegasus Academy have?

Pegasus Academy has 697 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pegasus Academy cover?

Pegasus Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Pegasus Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 41.7, and 37% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Pegasus Academy?

Pegasus Academy is at Scotts Green Close, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 2DU.