Northfield Road Primary School, Dudley
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 10 months agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Northfield Road is a genuinely inclusive school that puts every child's needs first. Staff build warm relationships with pupils and deliver strong teaching in reading, writing and maths, with particular success in helping disadvantaged pupils and those with additional needs achieve well. The school creates a calm, respectful environment where pupils feel valued, safe and confident to learn.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on reading, writing and mathematics with effective teaching of phonics, grammar and mathematical fluency
- Excellent support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs - they achieve better than similar groups nationally
- Calm, respectful school environment with very good behaviour and rare incidents of bullying
- Effective attendance improvements, especially for disadvantaged pupils and those with additional needs
- Inclusive culture where all pupils can access clubs, visits and enrichment activities
Areas for Improvement
- Key knowledge in some wider curriculum subjects is not yet as securely understood by pupils
- Inconsistencies remain in matching tasks to pupils' learning stages - some tasks lack challenge or come too early
- Recall and application of prior learning is not yet consistent across all subjects in the wider curriculum
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met. Leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and managed, and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Zoo visits, museum visits, cultural experiences, residential trips, leadership roles (prefects, safeguarding ambassadors, peer mediators), clubs
Northfield Road Primary School is rated as meeting expected standards across all areas. The school provides a calm, inclusive environment where pupils enjoy learning and achieve outcomes close to national averages, with particularly strong support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs.
At a Glance
35.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 59% to 79%. Maths has remained stable at around 73%. Writing has improved from 69% to 77%.
Class Sizes
26.3
Avg class size
24.2
Infant (KS1)
28.3
KS2
12
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
87%
Available places
366 pupils
420 capacity
54 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Dudley
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Dudley
Admissions Demand - Dudley
Places available
3,978
Applications
3,365
Got 1st preference
92.3%
Got preferred school
98.7%
Primary admissions across Dudley (2025/26)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.77618%
Overall absence
14.01099%
Persistent absence
364
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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