Ashwood Park Primary School is a primary school located in Stourbridge. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 21/06/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is average, progress in maths is below average, progress in reading is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.8%, which is 0.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Bells Lane, Stourbridge, DY8 5DJ
Website: http://www.ashwood.dudley.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01384818545
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Dudley
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Keith Butler
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 103818

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 21/06/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 417
Number of Pupils: 336
Number of Boys: 178
Number of Girls: 158

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -3.3 Confidence interval -5 to -1.6
Writing
Average: 1 Confidence interval -0.6 to 2.6
Maths
Below Average: -1.9 Confidence interval -3.4 to -0.4

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:50%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:12%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:101
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:103
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Ashwood Park Primary School
Bells Lane, Wordsley DY8 5DJ 		0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4St James's CofE Primary School
Kingsway, Wollaston DY8 4RU 		741 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Brook Primary School
George Street, Wordsley DY8 5YN 		1,057 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Belle Vue Primary School
Lawnswood Road, Wordsley DY8 5BZ 		1,187 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Amblecote Primary School
School Drive, Amblecote DY8 4DQ 		1,314 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4The Wordsley School Business & Enterprise & Music College
Brierley Hill Road, Wordsley DY8 5SP 		1,606 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
1out of 4Ridgewood High School
Park Road West, Wollaston DY8 3NQ 		1,816 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4The Crestwood School
Bromley Lane, Kingswinford DY6 8QG 		2,504 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Redhill School
Junction Road, DY8 1JX 		2,962 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Summerhill School
Lodge Lane, DY6 9XE 		2,988 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedKing Edward VI College Stourbridge
Lower High Street, DY8 1TD 		2,151 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedGlasshouse College
Wollaston Road, Amblecote DY8 4HF 		1,139 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4Pens Meadow School
Ridge Hill Site, Buckpool Way DY8 5ST 		1,486 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4The Brier School
Bromley Lane, DY6 8QN 		2,442 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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