Schools in Dudley[1]

Local authority district E08000027 · 114 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 203 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 53 (26%)[4]
second 20%: 42 (21%)[4]
middle 20%: 28 (14%)[4]
fourth 20%: 30 (15%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 50 (25%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	31%[4]	19%[4]	16%[4]	15%[4]	20%[4]
Employment	31%[4]	21%[4]	17%[4]	22%[4]	9%[4]
Education and skills	34%[4]	20%[4]	15%[4]	20%[4]	11%[4]
Health and disability	16%[4]	33%[4]	21%[4]	23%[4]	8%[4]
Crime	16%[4]	24%[4]	23%[4]	16%[4]	21%[4]
Housing and services	0%[4]	5%[4]	19%[4]	35%[4]	40%[4]
Living environment	5%[4]	21%[4]	32%[4]	26%[4]	16%[4]
Children in low-income families	30%[4]	18%[4]	19%[4]	13%[4]	20%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 66.4% of 137,028 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 25.0% of 262,475 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 9.3% of 262,527 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (20)

School	Ages	Headline results
Beacon Hill Academy	11–16[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8]
Bishop Milner Catholic College	11–18[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
Ellowes Hall Sports College	11–16[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
King Edward VI College Stourbridge	16–19[2]	AL B- 2024/25[9]
Kingswinford Academy	11–16[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8]
Leasowes High School	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]
Old Swinford Hospital	11–18[2]	A8 58 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Pegasus Academy	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Redhill School	11–16[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8]
Ridgewood High School	11–16[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8]
St James Academy	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Summerhill School	11–16[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8]
The Crestwood School	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
The Dormston School	11–16[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8]
The Earls High School	11–16[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8]
The Link Academy	11–16[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8]
The Pedmore High School	11–16[2]	A8 36 2025/26[8]
The Wordsley School	11–16[2]	A8 37 2025/26[8]
Thorns Collegiate Academy	11–16[2]	A8 38 2025/26[8]
Windsor High School and Sixth Form	11–18[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (78)

School	Ages	Headline results
Alder Coppice Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Amblecote Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Ashwood Park Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 31% 2024/25[10]
Beechwood Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Belle Vue Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[10]
Blanford Mere Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Blowers Green Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[10]
Bramford Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Brierley Hill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Brockmoor Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
Bromley Hills Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Brook Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Caslon Primary Community School	2–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Christ Church CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Church of the Ascension CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Colley Lane Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Cotwall End Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Cradley CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Crestwood Park Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Dawley Brook Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Dingle Community Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Dudley Wood Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Fairhaven Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Foxyards Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Gig Mill Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Glynne Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Greenfield Primary School	4–11[2]
Halesowen CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Ham Dingle Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Hawbush Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Hob Green Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 39% 2024/25[10]
Howley Grange Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Huntingtree Primary School	3–11[2]
Hurst Green Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Hurst Hill Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Jesson's Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 42% 2024/25[10]
Kates Hill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Lapal Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Lutley Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
Maidensbridge Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Manor Way Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[10]
Milking Bank Primary School	3–11[2]
Mount Pleasant Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Netherbrook Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Netherton CofE Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Newfield Park Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Northfield Road Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Oldswinford C of E Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Olive Hill Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady and St Kenelm RC School	4–11[2]	KS2 93% 2024/25[10]
Pedmore CE Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[10]
Peters Hill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Priory Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
Quarry Bank Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Queen Victoria Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Red Hall Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 39% 2024/25[10]
Roberts Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Rufford Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Russells Hall Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 41% 2024/25[10]
Sledmere Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
St Chad's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 86% 2024/25[10]
St James's CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 93% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's RC Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
St Margaret's At Hasbury CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St Mark's CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's RC Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Straits Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Tenterfields Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
The Ridge Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Thorns Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Wallbrook Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Withymoor Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Wollescote Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Woodside Primary School and Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 28% 2024/25[10]
Wrens Nest Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited	3–18[2]
Priory Park Community School	11–16[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (13)

School	Ages	Headline results
Cherry Tree Learning Centre	5–16[2]
Coombswood Special School	11–16[2]
Halesbury School	4–19[2]
INNOV4TE Independent School	11–16[2]
Pens Meadow School	3–19[2]
Rosewood School	9–16[2]
Sutton School	11–16[2]
Sycamore Short Stay School	5–15[2]
The Brier School	4–16[2]
The Old Park School	4–19[2]
The Rowan School	5–11[2]
The Wenlock School	7–18[2]
Woodsetton School	4–11[2]

Nursery schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
Netherton Park Nursery School	2–5[2]

Sources

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Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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