Northfield Road Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Northfield Road Primary School is a primary school in Dudley for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Northfield Road 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 inspection on 25 November 2025 gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, from 14 November 2023, was Requires improvement.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 34 of the 77 other Dudley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 31 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Northfield Road, Netherton, Dudley, DY2 9ER
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 366 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 25 November 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Northfield Road genuinely value being part of the school community.”
- “Each pupil is known, understood and included.”
- “Staff build warm, purposeful relationships that help pupils feel safe.”
To improve
- “The key knowledge that the school wants pupils to know and remember across the wider curriculum is not yet as securely understood by pupils.”
- “This affects how well they progress through a small number of curriculum subjects.”
- “Pupils' regular revisiting of prior learning supports them to recall key facts and apply their knowledge with growing confidence, although this is not yet consistent in subjects across the wider curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 January 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) | 63% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 30 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.
- Netherton CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Sledmere Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Netherbrook Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Dudley Wood Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Blowers Green Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Kates Hill Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School and Nursery 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published