St Mary's RC Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 Mary's RC Primary School is a primary school in Brierley Hill, Dudley for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 March 2023. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's RC 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
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Dudley.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception 2026, as at 34 of the 77 other Dudley primary schools with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 14 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 20.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 42.4% 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
- Mill Street, Brierley Hill, DY5 2TH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 180 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 March 2023
Strengths
- “St Mary’s RC Primary School is a school where pupils are happy to attend.”
- “Pupils are keen to share how kind and caring staff are.”
- “Pupils know who they can speak to if they have a worry and have absolute confidence that it would be sorted out.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not always achieve equally well in some of the other subjects.”
- “A small number of staff do not teach the whole curriculum as leaders expect.”
- “This leads to some children not remembering key knowledge that they have been taught, and this is not always addressed appropriately.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 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) | 38% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 13 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.
- Brierley Hill Primary School 0.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Mount Pleasant Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Withymoor Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thorns Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Quarry Bank Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brockmoor Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hawbush Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Peters Hill Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published