Quarry Bank Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Brierley Hill, Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.92 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Quarry Bank Primary School is a primary school in Brierley Hill, Dudley for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 14 May 2025. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Quarry Bank 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 | 0.92 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.92 miles away, the 18th shortest of 39 Dudley primary schools with a published last distance.
- Its Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2024, having swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026 Reception entry, there were 44 first-choice applications for 45 offers; 43 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest 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
- High Street, Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, DY5 2AD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 358 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 14 May 2025
Strengths
- “This welcoming school is at the heart of the local community.”
- “Pupils are proud of the school and of the rich history of Quarry Bank.”
- “Everyone does their best to live by the school’s values: ‘Be kind, work hard, better yourselves’.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, leaders recognise that the percentage of pupils reaching the expected standards in the Year 1 phonics check is below the national average.”
- “However, some pupils who have fallen behind are not catching up quickly.”
- “They do not practise and apply their phonics skills frequently enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2025 (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) | 63% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 43 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.
- Mount Pleasant Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thorns Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dudley Wood Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Brierley Hill Primary School 0.9 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Cradley CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Withymoor Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Colley Lane Primary Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published