Our Lady and St Kenelm RC School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Halesowen, Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.51 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Our Lady and St Kenelm RC School is a primary school in Halesowen, Dudley for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Our Lady and St Kenelm RC 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 | 0.51 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
- In 2024/25, 93% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.51 miles away, 7th shortest of 39 Dudley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included).
- Reception 2026 drew 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- 11.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.8% across 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
- Bundle Hill, Halesowen, B63 4AR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Kenelm is a place where pupils want to be.”
- “They speak passionately about their school, with some saying that they never want to leave.”
- “This is reflected in very high attendance and punctuality.”
To improve
- “Leaders should embed, and continue to tighten, systems for rapid identification of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities alongside identifying the best processes and systems to ensure they get the right help at the right time and in the right way.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 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) | 93% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Halesowen CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Margaret's At Hasbury CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Huntingtree Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newfield Park Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tenterfields Primary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Manor Way Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Lutley Primary School 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Caslon Primary Community School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published