Priory Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Priory Primary School is a primary school in Dudley for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Priory 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, 43% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 1 of the 2 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 50 first-choice applications for 54 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 41.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 24.5% 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
- Limes Road, Priory Estate, Dudley, DY1 4AQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 547 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “Priory Primary School is a happy school, which serves a richly diverse community.”
- “There are warm, nurturing and respectful relationships between staff and pupils.”
- “New pupils, whenever they join the school, quickly make friends.”
To improve
- “Teachers are still to receive some important training in some other subjects.”
- “As a result, they do not always check pupils’ understanding and address gaps in pupils’ knowledge effectively in those subjects.”
- “However, the school’s approach is not always well understood by all parents.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 November 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) | 43% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 50 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.
- Wrens Nest Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Jesson's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Foxyards Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Milking Bank Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Blowers Green Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Beechwood Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Bramford Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published