Manor Way Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Halesowen, Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.88 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Manor Way Primary Academy is a primary school in Halesowen, Dudley for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 22 May 2024. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Manor Way Primary Academy 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 | 0.88 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 0.88 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 41 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 12 of the 118 Reception applications (10%) in 2026 came from families living outside Dudley; 0 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Brier Mill Road, Halesowen, B63 3HA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 22 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love attending Manor Way Primary Academy.”
- “The pupil junior leadership team shows pupils how to live the ‘Manor Way.”
- “Pupils are conscientious and want to do their very best.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 June 2024 (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) | 87% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 30 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.
- Tenterfields Primary Academy 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Halesowen CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Kenelm RC School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lapal Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Margaret's At Hasbury CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Newfield Park Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Huntingtree Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Howley Grange Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published