Rufford Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Stourbridge, Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.39 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rufford Primary School is a primary school in Stourbridge, Dudley for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 June 2024. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Rufford 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 | 0.39 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.39 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 39 Dudley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 37 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% 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
- Bredon Avenue, Stourbridge, DY9 7NR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 260 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Rufford Primary School are polite and well-mannered.”
- “They settle well to their learning in lessons and work hard.”
- “Pupils are warmly greeted each day by staff and ‘Luci’ the school dog.”
To improve
- “Significant changes to staffing over time have impacted this school’s rapid progress.”
- “However, at times some teachers are unclear about how to teach writing composition and handwriting.”
- “However, checks on how well pupils learn the curriculum over time are inconsistent.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 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) | 59% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 30 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.
- Peters Hill Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wollescote Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ham Dingle Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorns Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oldswinford C of E Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenfield Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hob Green Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published