Ashwood Park Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Stourbridge, Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ashwood Park Primary School is a primary school in Stourbridge, Dudley for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 18 June 2024. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Ashwood Park 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Ofsted's latest outcome, from 18 June 2024, was Requires improvement; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Dudley, 4 are rated Good and 4 have no current grade.
- In 2024/25, 31% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Dudley.
- Reception 2026 drew 32 first-choice applications for 35 offers; every applicant was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Bells Lane, Wordsley, Stourbridge, DY8 5DJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 293 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 18 June 2024
Strengths
- “Ashwood Park is a school where everyone is made to feel welcome and valued for who they are.”
- “This is particularly noticeable in how deaf pupils from the Resource Base for the Deaf (RBD) are actively involved in all aspects of school life.”
- “Many pupils and staff use sign language to foster a strong culture of inclusion.”
To improve
- “However, a significant number of pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, do not achieve well by the time they leave the school.”
- “However, there is variation in how well teachers use this information to design and deliver sequences of learning for their classes.”
- “Pupils’ learning does not always build sequentially.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 2024 (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) | 31% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 32 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.
- St James's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Brook Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Belle Vue Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Amblecote Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fairhaven Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Ridge Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Glynne Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Hawbush Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published