Roberts Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Roberts Primary School is a primary school in Dudley for ages 3–11 (community school). Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Roberts 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
- Ofsted's inspection on 3 March 2026 gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, on 2 March 2023, was Requires improvement.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as also happened at 34 of the 77 other Dudley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 59 first-choice applications for 66 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 57% (England 62%) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths and 6% (England 8%) reached the higher standard.
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
- Roberts Primary School, Robert Street, Lower Gornal, Dudley, DY3 2AZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 626 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils, whatever their needs or backgrounds, feel welcome, valued and included.”
- “Staff work carefully to understand individual pupils’ needs and provide support where necessary.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe and confident in school.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not attend school as regularly as they should.”
- “Improving attendance remains a top priority for the school.”
- “However, in a few subjects, the curriculum does not emphasise the most important knowledge that pupils should know and remember.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 May 2026 (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) | 57% | 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: 59 first-preference applications, 66 offers in total, 59 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.
- Red Hall Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Milking Bank Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wrens Nest Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Russells Hall Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Straits Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Cotwall End Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Priory Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published