Old Swinford Hospital
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C66
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stourbridge, DY8 1QX
- Distance
- 2.2km away
Ridgewood High School
Park Road West, Wollaston, Stourbridge, DY8 3NQ
Local ranking7th of 19 secondary schools in Dudley
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 3 July 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 133
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 603
- Boys
- 289 (45%)
- Girls
- 352 (55%)
- Capacity
- 900 (71% full)
- SEND
- 20.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.4%
- EAL
- 1.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 16.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,048/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 90.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.4%
- White Other: 0.9%
- Other: 0.9%
- Asian Indian: 0.3%
90.2%
White British
2.3%
Mixed Other
1.9%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Park Road West
Stourbridge, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 141712
- UKPRN
- 10048914
- Establishment No.
- 4121
- Trust
- STOUR VALE ACADEMY TRUST
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