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Kingswinford Academy

URN
137773
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Kingswinford Academy
URN
137773
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

61 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

59

Inspection

58

Admissions Value

56

Destinations

47

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#10 of 18 schools in Dudley

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Kingswinford Academy

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Kingswinford Academy

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
17 September 2024
Inspection date
11 July 2024
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 17 September 2024

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

177

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

488

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

177

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.76×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Dudley
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Dudley)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
https://www.kingswinfordacademy.org.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Dudley to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

46.3

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

41.3%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

66.5%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

38.0%

EBacc achievement

Location

DY6 7AD - Water Street, Kingswinford, West Midlands

Contact details

Address
Water Street, Kingswinford, West Midlands
Postcode
DY6 7AD
Phone
1384296596
Website
https://www.kingswinfordacademy.org.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Dudley
Local authority code
332

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 217 schools in Dudley.

Authority statistics

Total schools

217

Open schools

118

Closed schools

99

Primary schools

130

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    17 September 202411 July 2024-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 17 September 2024
    • School remains Good

      Published
      17 September 2024
      Inspected
      11 July 2024
      Type
      -
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    36.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 103

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    16.8%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    82.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    2.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    4.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    6.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    45

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary130 (60.7%)
    • Secondary45 (21.0%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other39 (18.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    The Kingswinford School & Science College0 mSecondaryClosed
    Kingswinford Nursery School106 mNurseryClosed
    St Mary's CofE Primary School165 mPrimaryOpen
    St Mary's CofE (VC) Primary School165 mPrimaryClosed
    Dawley Brook Primary School496 mPrimaryOpen
    Blanford Mere Primary School603 mPrimaryOpen
    Church of the Ascension CofE Primary School855 mPrimaryClosed
    Church of the Ascension CofE Primary School855 mPrimaryOpen
    Summerhill School1.1 kmSecondaryOpen
    Glynne Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    • The Kingswinford School & Science College
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Kingswinford Nursery School
      Distance
      106 m
      Phase
      Nursery
      Status
      Closed
    • St Mary's CofE Primary School
      Distance
      165 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Mary's CofE (VC) Primary School
      Distance
      165 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Dudley)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Beacon Hill AcademySecondaryDY3 1BPOpen
    Bishop Milner Catholic CollegeSecondaryDY1 3BYOpen
    Bishop Milner Catholic SchoolSecondaryDY1 3BYClosed
    Castle High School and Visual Arts CollegeSecondaryDY1 3JEClosed
    Cradley High SchoolSecondaryB63 2UPClosed
    • Beacon Hill Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DY3 1BP
      Status
      Open
    • Bishop Milner Catholic College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DY1 3BY
      Status
      Open
    • Bishop Milner Catholic School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DY1 3BY
      Status
      Closed
    • Castle High School and Visual Arts College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DY1 3JE
      Status
      Closed
    • Cradley High School
    Dawley Brook Primary School
    Distance
    496 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Blanford Mere Primary School
    Distance
    603 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Church of the Ascension CofE Primary School
    Distance
    855 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Church of the Ascension CofE Primary School
    Distance
    855 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Summerhill School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Glynne Primary School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    B63 2UP
    Status
    Closed