Belle Vue Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Belle Vue Primary School is a primary school in Stourbridge, Dudley for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Belle Vue 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 34 of the 77 other Dudley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 17.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Dudley.
- In 2024/25, 35% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Dudley.
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
- Lawnswood Road, Wordsley, Stourbridge, DY8 5BZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 381 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Belle Vue Primary School.”
- “They take great pride in being part of the school community.”
- “Each day, pupils try hard to live the school values of ‘establish, nurture, grow.”
To improve
- “However, variability in the delivery of the curriculum means the school’s ambitious vision is not consistently met.”
- “This impacts on pupils’ achievement, particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics.”
- “Pupils are less motivated to learn when staff do not mirror the school’s high expectations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2025 (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) | 35% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Fairhaven Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Glynne Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashwood Park Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bromley Hills Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brook Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St James's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Dingle Community Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Amblecote Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published