Straits Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · 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 🔒
Straits Primary School is a primary school in Dudley for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 March 2023. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Straits 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 a last distance was published in both earlier years, 2024 and 2025.
- The published Reception last distances swung sharply between some of the years from 2024 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 had 56 first-choice applications for 57 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Longfellow Road, Lower Gornal, Dudley, DY3 3EE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 410 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 March 2023
Strengths
- “School life is packed full of interesting things to do.”
- “From choir to yoga, there is plenty going on.”
- “There are also lots of trips to different places, which enrich classroom learning.”
To improve
- “That said, some classroom activities or resources are not ideal.”
- “This is because they do not focus enough on what all pupils need to know or do not provide enough practice.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 May 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) | 69% | 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: 56 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 56 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 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cotwall End Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Roberts Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Alder Coppice Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queen Victoria Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Milking Bank Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wrens Nest Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published