Dudley Port School, Dudley Port
Data last updated 6 Aug 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 6 months agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school excels at keeping pupils safe and supporting their behaviour and wellbeing. Staff work hard to build strong relationships and create a calm, orderly environment. The school also provides excellent career preparation, work experience, and enriching life experiences like theatre visits and outdoor activities that many pupils would not otherwise have.
Key Strengths
- Strong safeguarding culture with staff highly vigilant and quick to report concerns
- Effective behaviour policy with significant reduction in sanctions and restrictive physical interventions
- Excellent career guidance and work experience opportunities preparing pupils well for next steps
- Good provision for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development including visits to places of worship
- Well-implemented health and safety procedures with strong supervision
Areas for Improvement
- Curriculum lacks clarity in therapeutic and experiential pathways, leaving teachers unsure what to teach
- Assessment processes ineffective at identifying gaps in pupil learning and progress
- Reading support not consistent - pupils read books that are too challenging or too infrequently
- Teaching does not always account for pupils' prior learning before introducing new concepts
- Leadership strategies for improvement are very new and not yet consistently implemented across school
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - the school has a strong safeguarding culture with staff demonstrating high vigilance, quick reporting, and effective work with external agencies to support pupils.
Extracurricular Activities
Work experience, visits to places of worship, theatre visits, football, picnics, 100 things to do before leaving school programme
Dudley Port School is a special school that does not meet all independent school standards. While safeguarding, behaviour, and pupil welfare are effective, the school's curriculum lacks clarity and ambition, leading to gaps in pupil learning and achievement.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
90%
Near capacity
27 pupils
30 capacity
3 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Dudley Port
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Admissions Demand - Sandwell
Places available
5,176
Applications
4,326
Got 1st preference
81.1%
Got preferred school
95.9%
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Dudley Port School
St Martin's CofE Primary School
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Great Bridge Primary School
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