Ashwood Park Primary School
Bells Lane, Wordsley, Stourbridge, DY8 5DJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Keith Butler
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 367
- Pupils on roll
- 293
- URN
- 103818
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01384818545
About this school
Ashwood Park Primary School is a community primary school in Stourbridge. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 293 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Ashwood Park Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 47 | 42 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 34% | 50% | 31% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 55% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 43% | 64% | 44% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 60% | 62% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 102.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.20 | - | - |
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 Ashwood Park 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 | 34% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 54.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 31% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 334 |
| 2023/24 | 327 |
| 2024/25 | 312 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ashwood Park Primary School compares
Ashwood Park Primary School ranked 75th of 76 primary schools in Dudley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31% | 5.9% | 25.9% | 293 | — |
| St James's CofE Primary School | 69% | 4.2% | 13.8% | 390 | 0.4 miles |
| Brook Primary School | 65% | 4.9% | 26.8% | 380 | 0.6 miles |
| Belle Vue Primary School | 35% | 5.8% | 8.9% | 381 | 0.7 miles |
| Amblecote Primary School | 71% | 4.4% | 22.5% | 299 | 0.7 miles |
| Fairhaven Primary School | 60% | 5.7% | 18% | 251 | 0.8 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.89%
- English as an additional language
- 5.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.92%
- Persistent absence
- 11.97%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St James's CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Stourbridge
-
Brook Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Stourbridge
-
Belle Vue Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stourbridge
-
Amblecote Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stourbridge
-
Fairhaven Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stourbridge
Other schools in Stourbridge
Ashwood Park Primary School ranks 19th of the 19 ranked primary schools in Stourbridge.
- Amblecote 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 ages does Ashwood Park Primary School teach?
- Ashwood Park Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Stourbridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Ashwood Park Primary School?
- The headteacher of Ashwood Park Primary School is Mr Keith Butler, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Ashwood Park Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ashwood Park 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 many pupils are at Ashwood Park Primary School?
- Ashwood Park Primary School has 293 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Ashwood Park Primary School full?
- Ashwood Park Primary School has capacity for 367 pupils and 293 on roll (80%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Ashwood Park Primary School a faith school?
- No. Ashwood Park Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ashwood Park Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Ashwood Park Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Ashwood Park Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Ashwood Park Primary School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Ashwood Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 34% in 2022/23 and 31% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ashwood Park Primary School compare with other schools in Dudley?
- Ashwood Park Primary School ranked 75th of 76 primary schools in Dudley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ashwood Park Primary School's absence rate?
- Ashwood Park Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ashwood Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ashwood Park 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 29 June 2026.