St Mark's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Brierley Hill, 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 🔒
St Mark's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Brierley Hill, Dudley for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2022. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Mark's CofE 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 for the earlier year, 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 35 first-choice applications for 44 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- High Street, Pensnett, Brierley Hill, DY5 4DZ
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 336 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 September 2022
Strengths
- “The care and well-being of each pupil is at the heart of this school.”
- “All staff know the pupils, families and community extremely well.”
- “They want all pupils to succeed, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and they do.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, school-specific plans are less well developed.”
- “Subject leaders are at an earlier stage in reviewing plans to ensure they deliver the required learning.”
- “They want, however, to do more.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2022 (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: 35 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 35 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.
- The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Russells Hall Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crestwood Park Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School and Nursery 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Red Hall Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Brockmoor Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Blanford Mere Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bromley Hills Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published