Dingle Community Primary School
Madeley Road, Kingswinford, DY6 8PFOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Dingle Community Primary School is a primary school in Kingswinford for ages 5 to 11. It is one of the 116 schools in Dudley. It ranks 5th of 9 primary schools in Kingswinford. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 28 January 2025, report published 9 March 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 28 January 2025
Pupils enjoy attending Dingle Community Primary School. Staff help them to keep safe and healthy. Pupils know who to speak to if they are worried about anything. They are polite and well-mannered, and relationships between staff and pupils are respectful. The school is ambitious for what pupils can achieve academically and beyond. However, pupils are not supported to achieve as well as they could across some parts of the curriculum. As a result, pupils are not prepared as well as they should be for the next phase of their education. Pupils move calmly and safely around school and follow the behaviour rules of 'Be ready, be respectful and be safe'. They play well together on the playground and work well together in lessons. They talk excitedly of the opportunities they have to take responsibility, including being sports leaders, librarians and school councillors. They value the different clubs and activities on offer to them, with many of the school community attending at least one extra-curricular club, such as dance, choir or football.
What the school should improve
- The phonics programme is not delivered consistently well. This means that pupils do not develop good fluency in their reading as quickly as they should. The school should ensure that teachers introduce new sounds to pupils in an effective way with all staff trained appropriately.
- The school has not designed the curriculum in some subjects with sufficient specificity and progression, including in the early years. Key knowledge to be taught has not been identified. As a result, pupils and children in the early years, including those with SEND, do not build their knowledge and skills in some subjects effectively over time. The school should ensure that the key knowledge and intended curriculum progression is identified in all subjects and used to inform teaching so pupils achieve well.
- The school does not ensure that teachers' assessments of pupils' learning are as effective as they could be in informing next steps. As a result, misconceptions can arise and not be dealt with, preventing pupils from progressing well in their learning. The school should ensure that teachers are more specific in the checks they make on pupils' learning so that any misconceptions that arise can be dealt with swiftly.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
24 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
188 pupils on roll, with places for 210
Schools near Dingle Community Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley Hills Primary School | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 54% met the expected standard |
| Crestwood Park Primary School | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 63% met the expected standard |
| Hawbush Primary School | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 58% met the expected standard |
| Fairhaven Primary School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 60% met the expected standard |
| The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School | 0.8 miles | Ofsted: Good | 68% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Ms Nichola Heather
- Phone
- 01384283699
- Address
- Madeley Road, Kingswinford, DY6 8PF
- Local authority
- Dudley
- URN
- 103829
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.