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Priory Primary School

URN
145305
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Priory Primary School
URN
145305
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
2-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

38 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

17

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

42

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

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School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
14 November 2024
Inspection date
15 October 2024
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 14 November 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 14 November 2024

  • Personal development

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

50

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

68

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

45

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.36×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Dudley
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Dudley)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.priory.dudley.sch.uk

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

58.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

51.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

58.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

43.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

DY1 4AQ - Limes Road, Priory Estate, Dudley, West Midlands

Contact details

Address
Limes Road, Priory Estate, Dudley, West Midlands
Postcode
DY1 4AQ
Phone
1384816845
Website
www.priory.dudley.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Dudley
Local authority code
332

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 217 schools in Dudley.

Authority statistics

Total schools

217

Open schools

118

Closed schools

99

Primary schools

130

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 14 November 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 14 November 2024

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 14 November 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    14 November 202415 October 2024Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1InspectionView report for inspection published 14 November 2024
    • Inspection

      Published
      14 November 2024
      Inspected
      15 October 2024
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    66.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 38

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    45

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary130 (60.7%)
    • Secondary45 (21.0%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other39 (18.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Priory Primary0 mPrimaryClosed
    Priory Park Community School488 mNot applicableOpen
    St James Academy719 mSecondaryOpen
    The Dudley School719 mSecondaryClosed
    Castle High School and Visual Arts College719 mSecondaryClosed
    Dudley College of Technology719 m16 plusOpen
    Bishop Milner Catholic College758 mSecondaryOpen
    Bishop Milner Catholic School758 mSecondaryClosed
    The Wenlock School800 mNot applicableOpen
    The Mons Hill School891 mSecondaryClosed
    • Priory Primary
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Priory Park Community School
      Distance
      488 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • St James Academy
      Distance
      719 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • The Dudley School
      Distance
      719 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Castle High School and Visual Arts College

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