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Schools in Kingswinford

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Kingswinford has 12 schools including 9 primaries and 2 secondaries, all coordinated by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. The average fill rate is 96 per cent across 11 schools with published roll data, and three are oversubscribed — indicating consistent demand well above the national average fill rate.

Two schools carry Church of England designation. Four operate as academies with independent admissions. All five of the recently inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding — a clean sweep that places Kingswinford among the better-rated clusters in the Black Country. Parents should check Dudley's annual admissions booklet for the most recent last-distance-offered data at each school.

School demand in Kingswinford

Across the 11 schools in Kingswinford with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 96%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

2 schools in Kingswinford have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

4 of the schools in Kingswinford are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Dudley, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

5 of the schools in Kingswinford have a current Ofsted rating, of which 5 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in Kingswinford: 2 oversubscribed (9)

Secondary Schools in Kingswinford (2)

Other Schools in Kingswinford (1)

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Kingswinford are set by Dudley and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.

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