Kingswinford Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Kingswinford, Dudley·DY6 7AD
Composite score
57.9
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#1,474
National rank
#137
In West Midlands
#6
In Dudley
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
41%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
66%
% EBacc grade 5+
17%
EBacc average points score
4.00

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
113 first choices, 179 places
First choices per place
0.63
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
566
any preference, for 179 places
Last place offered lived
4.86 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 7817 m
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8720220.8120230.7720240.5820250.632026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
919
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
7.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
30.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,532
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
89%
169 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

School overview

Kingswinford Academy is a secondary school serving Kingswinford, Dudley, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 919 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 46.3 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

41% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 66% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Kingswinford Academy their first choice was offered one of its 179 Year 7 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 4.86 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 89% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.7%. There are about 17.1 pupils per teacher. Kingswinford Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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