Netherton CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Netherton CofE Primary School is a primary school in Dudley for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2023. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Netherton CofE 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
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 34 of the 77 other Dudley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 41 first-choice applications for 42 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Highbridge Road, Netherton, Dudley, DY2 0HU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 381 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 June 2023
Strengths
- “Netherton CofE Primary staff and pupils share the same high ambitions.”
- “New leadership, culture and expectations are bringing these ambitions to life rapidly.”
- “Pupils understand and follow the leaders’ aims to ‘make a difference to everyone’.”
To improve
- “However, despite this ambitious curriculum, some pupils do not achieve as well as they should, especially with their writing.”
- “During playtimes, a minority of pupils can forget to behave sensibly.”
- “However, in some subjects, pupils do not remember the key knowledge sufficiently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 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) | 57% | 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, 42 offers in total, 41 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.
- Northfield Road Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School and Nursery 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Dudley Wood Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Sledmere Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Netherbrook Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Blowers Green Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Quarry Bank Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published