Ashwood Park Primary School, Stourbridge

In its own words: "The Ashwood Park Resource Base for Deaf Children (RBDC) is the primary enhanced provision for D/deaf children in Dudley. Our main aims are for pupils to be proud of their identity, to be confident communicators of their needs and wants and therefore be able to achieve the best that they can within a mainstream setting."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am.

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils at Ashwood Park Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 44% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 75% in Dudley and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 55% in reading and 64% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put Ashwood Park Primary School as their first choice and 68 named it as one of their preferences, for 35 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ashwood Park Primary School are St James's CofE Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 86% reading, 81% maths); Brook Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 73% reading, 70% maths); Belle Vue Primary School (0.7 miles, Requires improvement, 74% reading, 67% maths); and Amblecote Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 87% reading, 80% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Ashwood Park Primary School.

2.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 39 pupils (13.3%) received SEN support and 28 (9.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Ashwood Park Primary School has a resourced provision for hearing impairment: 20 places, 20 pupils on roll.

Ashwood Park Primary School had 18 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Stourbridge Town Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kensington Gardens (opposite), 250 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ashwood Park Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 122 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Dudley (212).

In 2024/25, Ashwood Park Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Ashwood Park Primary School are The Wordsley School (0.9 miles), Ridgewood High School (1 mile), The Crestwood School (1.4 miles) and Summerhill School (1.7 miles).