Hurst Hill Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Bilston, 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 🔒
Hurst Hill Primary School is a primary school in Bilston, Dudley for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 February 2022. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Hurst Hill 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 2026, Reception had 25 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 34 of the 77 other Dudley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Dudley.
- There were 36.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.7 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
- Paul Street, Hurst Hill, Coseley, Bilston, WV14 9AJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 233 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 36.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 February 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe at this welcoming school.”
- “They arrive each morning to friendly greetings from staff who know them well.”
- “This helps pupils settle quickly and feel part of a caring community.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not achieve as well as they should by the time they leave the school, particularly in reading.”
- “The proportion of pupils who are persistently absent is reducing, although a small number of pupils still need further support to attend as well as they should.”
- “There is further work underway to better utilise this additional funding to improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 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) | 53% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 25 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.
- Bramford Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Queen Victoria Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Wallbrook Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Cotwall End Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Foxyards Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Wrens Nest Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published