The Earls High School

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–16Mixed

Furnace Lane, Halesowen, B63 3SL

Headteacher · Mrs Nicola Hirsch

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 7 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,304Capacity 1,200

OfstedStandards maintainedInspected 26 March 2025

TrustStour Vale Academy Trust

Free school meals21.5%

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 26 March 2025.

Last graded inspection, 15 January 2020:

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Dudley council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

230 of the 291 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered237

Applications825

First choice291

First-choice offers230

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).