Living in Stourbridge with children
Stourbridge, Dudley and Staffordshire and Worcestershire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 56,961 people in 24,759 households; 26.1% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
30 schools: 21 state primary, 7 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college, 1 privateStourbridge on the schools map →Every school in Stourbridge, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (21)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedmore CE Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 4% (3/78) in Dudley | — |
| Oldswinford C of E Primary School | School remains Good | Top 11% (8/78) in Dudley | — |
| Belbroughton CofE Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 27% (30/114) in Worcestershire | 4.931 miles (2026) |
| St Joseph's RC Primary School | School remains Good | Top 21% (16/78) in Dudley | — |
| Hagley Primary School | Good | Top 32% (36/114) in Worcestershire | — |
| Amblecote Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 26% (20/78) in Dudley | — |
| Greenfield Primary School | Good | Top 27% (21/78) in Dudley | — |
| Brindley Heath Junior School Academy | Good | Top 42% (94/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| St James's CofE Primary School | Good | Top 30% (23/78) in Dudley | — |
| Corbett VA CofE Primary School | School remains Good | Top 49% (112/229) in Staffordshire | — |
| Brook Primary School | School remains Good | Top 45% (35/78) in Dudley | — |
| Ham Dingle Primary Academy | Good | Top 48% (37/78) in Dudley | — |
| Wollescote Primary School | Good | (41/78) in Dudley | — |
| The Ridge Primary School | School remains Good | (46/78) in Dudley | — |
| Fairhaven Primary School | Requires improvement | (50/78) in Dudley | — |
| Rufford Primary School | Good | (53/78) in Dudley | — |
| Gig Mill Primary School | Good | (65/78) in Dudley | — |
| Hob Green Primary School | Good | (74/78) in Dudley | — |
| Belle Vue Primary School | Requires improvement | (76/78) in Dudley | — |
| Ashwood Park Primary School | Requires improvement | (77/78) in Dudley | — |
| Foley Infant School Academy | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (7)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Swinford Hospital | School remains Good | 1st (1/19) in Dudley | — |
| Haybridge High School and Sixth Form | Good | 1st (1/31) in Worcestershire | 4.611 miles (2026) |
| Kinver High School and Sixth Form | Good | Top 14% (7/53) in Staffordshire | 4.732 miles (2026) |
| Redhill School | Good | Top 22% (4/19) in Dudley | — |
| Ridgewood High School | Good | (11/19) in Dudley | — |
| The Wordsley School | School remains Good (Concerns) | (18/19) in Dudley | — |
| The Pedmore High School | School remains Good | (19/19) in Dudley | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Edward VI College Stourbridge | Good | 1st (1/7) in Dudley | — |
Private schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited | — | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (153 detached, 211 semi-detached, 128 terraced, 58 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Stourbridge. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Stourbridge →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 81% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 96%, on average across the 2,176 postcodes in DY8, DY9, DY7. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 9 outstanding; 14 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.88 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 3 in Staffordshire · 4 in Worcestershire · 19 in Dudley · 1 in Dudley.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Dudley
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Dudley · Staffordshire · Worcestershire.
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