Amblecote Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Stourbridge, Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.69 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Amblecote Primary School is a primary school in Stourbridge, Dudley for ages 3–11 (community school). Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Amblecote Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.69 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, highest of 8 schools: this one and 7 of the 8 nearest Dudley primary schools that have results.
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child 0.69 miles away, the 11th shortest of 39 Dudley primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.98 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 46 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 43 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dudley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Drive, Amblecote, Stourbridge, DY8 4DQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 299 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Amblecote Primary School flourish.”
- “They feel included, valued and listened to.”
- “Throughout the school, leaders and staff are committed to recognising each pupil as an individual.”
To improve
- “Those who are disadvantaged or who have special educational needs and/or disabilities make good progress from their starting points, but do not perform as well as they could in writing.”
- “However, disadvantaged pupils perform less well in writing.”
- “The impact of these actions is clear in books, but this is yet to be reflected in published data.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 71% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 46 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 43 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Dudley.
- Brook Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashwood Park Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Peters Hill Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hawbush Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greenfield Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Ridge Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fairhaven Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published