Pegasus Academy

About Pegasus Academy

Pegasus Academy is a mixed, non-denominational secondary school in Dudley, West Midlands, serving 637 pupils aged 11 to 16. In the local authority’s Progress 8 rankings, it sits second out of 17 schools of the same type, placing it in the top 25 per cent nationally. Its closest high-performing peers include Old Swinford Hospital, Redhill School, and Windsor High School and Sixth Form. The school is led by headteacher Andrew Landers and operates without a sixth form. It is currently oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 academic year, it received 241 applications for 145 places, with 104 first-preference offers made. The nearest Outstanding-rated school in the area is Beacon Hill Academy, about 3.2 kilometres away.

Academically, Pegasus Academy delivers results that stand out in the local context. Its Progress 8 score of 0.35 is well above the Dudley local authority average of -0.08, and the school’s national Progress 8 banding is rated as ‘Above average’. In English, the score is particularly strong at 0.52, while maths sits at 0.27. Attainment 8 stands at 41.9, and 55.9 per cent of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in English and maths. The EBacc average point score is 3.58, though only 15.3 per cent of pupils entered the EBacc combination. In its most recent Ofsted inspection from March 2023, the school was rated Requires Improvement overall, but inspectors awarded Good grades for personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management. The quality of education was judged as Requires Improvement, a rating consistent with its previous inspection in 2019.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including science labs, art studios, music rooms, a sports hall, astro turf, playing fields, tennis courts, and an ICT suite. Sports provision covers netball, football, hockey, rowing, rugby, martial arts, and athletics, while clubs include Model UN, chess, debate, orchestra, Young Enterprise, and Eco Club. SEND support is broad, covering specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 46 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a community with above-average disadvantage. Pegasus Academy will suit families looking for a secondary school that is academically strong relative to its local peers, with good behaviour and leadership, and a wide range of extracurricular opportunities, despite its overall Ofsted rating.

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