Schools in Dudley
115 schools in the Dudley local authority.
Schools
115
Open schools
Pupils
48,386
2025–26 census
Good or better
90%
89 of 99 graded
Academic Performance
4.5
out of 10 · 111 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 7 7%
- Good
- 82 83%
- Requires improvement
- 10 10%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
6 inspected since 2024, no overall grade12 superseded by a report card10 not judged1 in a category of concern
4.5
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 111 of 115 schools that can be scored
Pupils
48,386
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Roll from 114 of 115 schools (48,386 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
70%Asian
12%Black
5%Mixed
9%Chinese
<1%Any other group
2%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 107 of 115 schools (47,874 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 27.9%
- First language not English
- 13.2%
- Young carers
- <1%
13,365 of 47,874 pupils · 107 of 115 schools
6,336 of 47,874 pupils · 107 of 115 schools
108 of 47,752 pupils · 106 of 115 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 78
- Secondary
- 20
- Special
- 9
- Nursery
- 1
- PRU
- 2
- Not recorded
- 5
Top primary schools in Dudley
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Blowers Green Primary SchoolDudley · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.Cradley CofE Primary SchoolDudley · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.Lapal Primary SchoolDudley · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 4.The Ridge Primary SchoolDudley · Primary8.5/10Good
- 5.Manor Way Primary AcademyDudley · Primary8.4/10Good
- 6.Pedmore CE Primary SchoolDudley · Primary8.4/10Good
- 7.St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolDudley · Primary8.4/10
- 8.Oldswinford C of E Primary SchoolDudley · Primary8.2/10Good
- 9.Straits Primary SchoolDudley · Primary8.2/10Good
- 10.Tenterfields Primary AcademyDudley · Primary8.1/10Good
- 11.Our Lady and St Kenelm RC SchoolDudley · Primary7.8/10Good
- 12.Amblecote Primary SchoolDudley · Primary7.7/10Good
- 13.Milking Bank Primary SchoolDudley · Primary7.6/10Good
- 14.Bramford Primary SchoolDudley · Primary7.5/10Good
- 15.Ham Dingle Primary AcademyDudley · Primary7.4/10Good
- 16.St Chad's Catholic Primary SchoolDudley · Primary7.4/10Good
- 17.Lutley Primary SchoolDudley · Primary7.1/10Good
- 18.Maidensbridge Primary SchoolDudley · Primary7.1/10Good
- 19.Glynne Primary SchoolDudley · Primary6.9/10Good
- 20.Howley Grange Primary SchoolDudley · Primary6.9/10Good
Top secondary schools in Dudley
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Old Swinford HospitalDudley · Secondary8.7/10Good
- 2.Summerhill SchoolDudley · Secondary8.0/10Good
- 3.Redhill SchoolDudley · Secondary7.3/10Good
- 4.The Earls High SchoolDudley · Secondary6.7/10Good
- 5.Windsor High School and Sixth FormDudley · Secondary6.4/10
- 6.Kingswinford AcademyDudley · Secondary5.8/10Good
- 7.Ridgewood High SchoolDudley · Secondary5.7/10Good
- 8.Bishop Milner Catholic CollegeDudley · Secondary4.0/10Good
- 9.Ellowes Hall Sports CollegeDudley · Secondary3.3/10Good
- 10.Beacon Hill AcademyDudley · Secondary3.2/10Good
- 11.Leasowes High SchoolDudley · Secondary3.2/10
- 12.The Dormston SchoolDudley · Secondary3.2/10Good
- 13.The Link AcademyDudley · Secondary2.4/10Good
- 14.St James AcademyDudley · Secondary2.2/10Good
- 15.The Pedmore High SchoolDudley · Secondary2.0/10Good
- 16.The Crestwood SchoolDudley · Secondary1.7/10Good
- 17.Pegasus AcademyDudley · Secondary0.3/10Requires improvement
- 18.Thorns Collegiate AcademyDudley · Secondary0.2/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Dudley
- How many schools are there in Dudley?
- Dudley has 115 open schools — 78 primary, 20 secondary, 9 special, 1 nursery, teaching 48,386 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Dudley are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 89 of the 99 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 90% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 7 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 115: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Dudley?
- 4.5 out of 10, averaged across the 111 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Dudley schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 16 schools in Dudley currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Dudley local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Dudley covers 115 schools and sits in the West Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Dudley are eligible for free school meals?
- 27.9% — 13,365 of 47,874 pupils at the 107 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the West Midlands region.