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Ashwood Park Primary School

Primary · Stourbridge · DY8 5DJ

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 June 2024

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At a glance

293 pupils · 80% of 367 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
25.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
11.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.ashwood.dudley.sch.uk/
URN
103818

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 35 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. We hold 5 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2022 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 18 June 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

35 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

45 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
31%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school31%
Median of its 12 closest peers59.5%
Dudley average62.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Ark The Rookeries Carleton Primary SchoolPontefract · 91 miles awayGood73%
Westfield Junior SchoolHinckley · 33 miles awayGood59%
Whittington CofE (VA) Primary SchoolOswestry · 45 miles awayGood52%
West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language SrpWest Malling · 137 miles awayGood60%
Marlfields Primary SchoolCongleton · 48 miles awayNeeds attention28%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolSouth Ockendon · 124 miles awayGood70%
Pyrcroft Grange Primary SchoolChertsey · 103 miles awayExpected standard71%
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary SchoolSouthport · 87 miles awayGood58%
Acre Hall Primary SchoolManchester · 68 miles awayRequires improvement45%
Ark Northfield Primary SchoolPontefract · 85 miles awayRequires improvement83%
Charborough Road Primary SchoolBristol · 69 miles awayGood45%
Midfield Primary SchoolOrpington · 121 miles awayOutstanding61%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
20 of 20 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Dudley 67%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Dudley 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Dudley 3%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Dudley 8%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Dudley 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Dudley 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Dudley 3%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.32 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Dudley: 2.39 suspensions and 0.10 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £56,085; 27.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,890
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £32,959; in-year balance -£54,096

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher17.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work17.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways28.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier53.1%62.3%
Social housing37.2%17.1%
Privately rented9.4%20.5%
Detached houses7%22.9%
Flats0.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009918 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£238,500428 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£197,500–£275,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (64)£369,000
Semi-detached (221)£243,000
Terraced (99)£218,000
Flat (44)£136,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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