Howley Grange Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Halesowen, Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Howley Grange Primary School is a primary school in Halesowen, Dudley for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2023. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Howley Grange Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in the 1 earlier year with a published outcome (2025).
- In 2026 Reception entry, there were 48 first-choice applications for 60 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 41 of the 151 applications (27%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside Dudley, and 23 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 64% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Dudley.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dudley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Howley Grange Road, Halesowen, B62 0HS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 414 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to a community where everyone is valued and treated equally.”
- “The school’s values of ‘achieve, believe and care’ inspire pupils and are evident in how pupils behave.”
- “Parents are grateful for the way in which the Howley Grange team makes them, and their children, feel welcome.”
To improve
- “On occasion, opportunities for pupils in Years 1 to 6 to deepen their learning are missed.”
- “However, some pupils do not know many authors, books, stories or poems.”
- “Sometimes, the activities for pupils are too complex, and this hinders their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 64% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 48 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 48 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Dudley.
- Lapal Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hurst Green Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Olive Hill Primary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manor Way Primary Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Tenterfields Primary Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Halesowen CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newfield Park Primary Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Kenelm RC School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published