Cradley CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Halesowen, Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.12 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cradley CofE Primary School is a primary school in Halesowen, Dudley for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 12 July 2022. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Cradley 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 | 1.12 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 1.12 miles away, the 19th longest of 39 Dudley primary schools with a published last distance.
- Its Reception last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- In 2026 Reception entry, there were 42 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (31%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% 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
- Church Road, Cradley, Halesowen, B63 2UL
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 12 July 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this inclusive and welcoming school, where staff value them for their individual strengths.”
- “Everyone in the school lives the school vision of ‘every child, every chance, every day.”
- “Pupils arrive each morning to warm greetings from staff, who know them well.”
To improve
- “However, while pupils gain the knowledge and skills they need, the quality of work in their books is variable.”
- “Some pupils do not present their work to a high standard, and this is not always addressed by staff.”
- “However, this work has not had time to impact the quality of work that pupils produce.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 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) | 77% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Colley Lane Primary Academy 0.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Caslon Primary Community School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Quarry Bank Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Dudley Wood Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Wollescote Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorns Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Huntingtree Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Netherbrook Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published