Lapal Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Halesowen, Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.98 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lapal Primary School is a primary school in Halesowen, Dudley for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 8 February 2023. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Lapal 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 | 0.98 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
- For Reception 2026 there were 53 first-choice applications for 44 offers; 42 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.98 miles, the 20th longest of 39 Dudley primary schools with a published last distance, whose middle figure was also 0.98 miles.
- For Reception 2026, 39 of the 172 applications (23%) came from families living outside Dudley, and 9 offers went to them.
- There are 40 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.8 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
- Priory Road, Halesowen, B62 0BZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 360 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 40
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 8 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils’ excellent behaviour allows everyone to get on with their learning.”
- “In class, and outside, pupils respect others and engage positively in activities.”
- “Staff are quick to listen and respond if anyone is worried or upset about anything.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 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) | 73% | 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: 53 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 42 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.
- Howley Grange Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manor Way Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Tenterfields Primary Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Olive Hill Primary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hurst Green Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Halesowen CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newfield Park Primary Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Kenelm RC School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published