Christ Church CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bilston, Dudley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.76 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Christ Church CofE Primary School is a primary school in Bilston, Dudley for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Christ Church 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 | 2.76 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, the last child offered a place lived 2.76 miles away, the 5th longest of the 39 Dudley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2024.
- For Reception 2026: 67 first-choice applications for 72 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th highest 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
- Church Road, Coseley, Bilston, WV14 8YB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 557 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026
Strengths
- “The school’s vision, ‘Aspiring Together Through Love’, shapes daily life at Christ Church C of E Primary School.”
- “Staff greet pupils warmly each morning.”
- “Pupils feel valued and are proud to belong to the school community.”
To improve
- “However, too many pupils still do not attend regularly enough.”
- “Some pupils are not well prepared for their next stage of education.”
- “Leaders have identified weaknesses in the curriculum; however, leaders have not acted quickly enough to address these weaknesses, which has slowed the pace of improvement.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 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) | 62% | 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: 67 first-preference applications, 72 offers in total, 67 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.
- Wallbrook Primary Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hurst Hill Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bramford Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Foxyards Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Queen Victoria Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wrens Nest Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Priory Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published