Amblecote Primary School
School Drive, Amblecote, Stourbridge, DY8 4DQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jane Cook
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stourbridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 299
- URN
- 103806
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01384906535
About this school
Amblecote Primary School is a community primary school in Stourbridge. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 299 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 69% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 18% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 82% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 76% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 80% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Amblecote Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Dudley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 71% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 54.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 71% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 307 |
| 2023/24 | 307 |
| 2024/25 | 302 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Amblecote Primary School compares
Amblecote Primary School ranked 20th of 76 primary schools in Dudley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 71% | 4.4% | 22.5% | 299 | — |
| Brook Primary School | 65% | 4.9% | 26.8% | 380 | 0.4 miles |
| St James's CofE Primary School | 69% | 4.2% | 13.8% | 390 | 0.7 miles |
| Ashwood Park Primary School | 31% | 5.9% | 25.9% | 293 | 0.7 miles |
| Peters Hill Primary School | 66% | 4.9% | 17.9% | 722 | 0.8 miles |
| Hawbush Primary School | 58% | 7.4% | 55.6% | 214 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.52%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
- Overall absence
- 4.41%
- Persistent absence
- 9.93%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Brook Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Stourbridge
-
St James's CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stourbridge
-
Ashwood Park Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stourbridge
-
Peters Hill Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
-
Hawbush Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
Other schools in Stourbridge
Amblecote Primary School ranks 6th of the 19 ranked primary schools in Stourbridge.
- Ashwood Park Primary School Primary
- Belbroughton CofE Primary School Primary
- Belle Vue Primary School Primary
- Brindley Heath Junior School Academy Primary
- Brook Primary School Primary
- Corbett VA CofE Primary School Primary
- Fairhaven Primary School Primary
- Foley Infant School Academy Primary
- Gig Mill Primary School Primary
- Greenfield Primary School Primary
- Hagley Primary School Primary
- Ham Dingle Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Amblecote Primary School teach?
- Amblecote Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Stourbridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Amblecote Primary School?
- The headteacher of Amblecote Primary School is Mrs Jane Cook, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Amblecote Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Amblecote Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Amblecote Primary School?
- Amblecote Primary School has 299 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Amblecote Primary School full?
- Amblecote Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 299 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Amblecote Primary School a faith school?
- No. Amblecote Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Amblecote Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Amblecote Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Amblecote Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Amblecote Primary School rank locally?
- Amblecote Primary School ranked 20th of 76 primary schools in Dudley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Amblecote Primary School's absence rate?
- Amblecote Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Amblecote Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Amblecote Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.