Secondary school

Ridgewood High School

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Dudley
  • DY8 3NQ
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jul 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,578 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 49%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 68%68%2016/17: top 82%2017/18: top 69%2018/19: top 74%2021/22: top 48%48% · 2021/222022/23: top 74%2023/24: top 53%2024/25: top 49%No exams

Against West Midlands

Attainment 846 · West Midlands 44.17/10 Above
Grade 5+ English and maths41.6% · West Midlands 39.3%6/10 Middle+28.9 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.9 · West Midlands 3.86/10 Middle
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.06 · West Midlands −0.107/10 Above+45.4 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 47.5 · 159 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 40.1 · 144 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 42.5 · 126 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 41.7 · 127 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 48.9 · 155 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 41.3 · 143 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 45.2 · 116 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 46 · 101 pupils · West Midlands 44.1548.940.1No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 29% · 144 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 38% · 126 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 32% · 127 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 39% · 155 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 28% · 143 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 42.2% · 116 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 41.6% · 101 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%42.2%28%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in96.4%
107 of 111 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 96.4%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st111107
2nd1029
3rd462

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2012–2023

  1. 2012Requires improvementas predecessor
  2. 2014Goodas predecessor
  3. 2018Inadequate
  4. 2018Ungraded visit
  5. 2019Ungraded visit
  6. 2019Ungraded visit
  7. 2019Requires improvement
  8. 2023Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026641
Free school meals (past 6 years)27.4%
First language not English1.8%
SEN support16.9%
EHC plan3.1%
Absence (sessions missed)8.4%
Persistently absent pupils23.1%

Girls 54.6%Boys 45.4%

71.2% full · 900 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.1
Pupils per adult12.9
  • Classroom teachers 29.6
  • Leadership 4
  • Teaching assistants 6.1
  • Other support 23.8

Teachers 33.6 FTE · Whole workforce 63.5 · 83 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,600
Spend per pupil£8,048
Staff spend per pupil£6,185
Reserve per pupil−£617
  • −£373,000revenue reserve
  • −£271,000in-year balance

Grants £7,493 · self-generated £107 · premises £461 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: STOUR VALE ACADEMY TRUST (13 academies) · trust reserve £9,308,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

116 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained90.5%
  • Education88.8%
  • Apprenticeship0.9%
  • Employment0.9%
  • Not sustained6%
  • Unknown3.4%