Media Releases

Dudley’s Mayor and Mayoress are sharing their 2026 fostering journey to encourage others to consider fostering in Dudley.

Parents looking to keep the kids entertained this Easter are spoiled for choice with a packed programme of low cost and free activities taking place across Dudley borough.

Pens Meadow school was officially opened this week (18 March)

Children can enjoy a range of activities taking place in Dudley borough this half term.

Proposals to improve support for children and young people with additional needs who are unable to access mainstream school are set to go before cabinet next week.

Applications for pupils starting in reception in September 2026 close on 15 January.

Dudley Council has announced proposals for significant additional investment for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in next year’s budget.

Plans to bring Eton College to the borough will go ahead – and the move has been hailed as a “big vote of confidence in Dudley” by the council’s leader.

Dudley Council is partnering with community organisation Donate 1 Create 1 to provide Christmas dinner and gifts for care leavers.

Dudley Council House will be lit up in blue tomorrow (Fri) to recognise its care leavers.

Dudley Council’s Children’s Services has been commended for its continued progress in a recent Ofsted report, following a focused visit by the government department last month.

People are being invited to have their say on plans to increase the capacity of a satellite site in Stourbridge for a borough special school.