Hagley Primary School, Stourbridge

Ofsted's report card from its 30 June 2026 inspection grades Hagley Primary School on 7 areas: 1 exceptional and 6 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Exceptional. "The school's work to develop pupils as confident, caring and responsible young people is remarkable."

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils' attendance is above the national average."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have built a broad and ambitious curriculum, and they have thought carefully about the order in which knowledge is taught so that pupils build on what they already know."

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders have created a warm, well-organised early years where children get off to a secure start."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Staff know their pupils very well."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders know their school's strengths, understand its community well and have clear systems to check how well their actions are making a positive difference."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders and those responsible for governance should continue their effective work in monitoring and adapting provision for disadvantaged pupils, pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and vulnerable pupils so that gaps in achievement, particularly in writing, continue to close over time".

In its own words: "At Hagley Primary School we work together as a community to provide a happy, secure and stimulating environment where children are motivated to learn, are valued as individuals and encouraged to reach their full potential. Our school focuses on the following values, which run alongside British Values: Ofsted Inspection June 2022 “Pupils are proud to attend this school ."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care, from £6.95 per session.

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils at Hagley Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Worcestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 85% in reading and 86% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 85 families put Hagley Primary School as their first choice and 141 named it as one of their preferences, for 89 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 Hagley Primary School are Pedmore CE Primary School (1.1 miles, 94% reading, 88% maths); Clent Parochial Primary School (1.5 miles, Good, 100% reading, 100% maths); Ham Dingle Primary Academy (1.5 miles, Good, 85% reading, 77% maths); and St Joseph's RC Primary School (1.6 miles, Good, 90% reading, 87% maths).

Hagley Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (79%), Asian (9%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 117 pupils (17.5%) received SEN support and 19 (2.8%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Hagley Rail Station, about 660 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hagley Primary School (adjacent), 50 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 17 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, burglary and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Worcestershire (78).

In 2024/25, Hagley Primary School issued 14 suspensions, 2.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Hagley Primary School are Hagley Catholic High School (0.5 miles) and Haybridge High School and Sixth Form (0.5 miles).