Priory Primary School | School performance

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

566

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

28%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

566

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

28%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

566

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

28%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Not judged

Ofsted inspection · 15/10/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityDudley

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio23.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Priory Primary School · Primary · Dudley

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18

RWM expected standard

43%

-13pp

56%46%36%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 43%

RWM higher standard

-1pp

1%1%0%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

58%

Reading higher standard

23%

Writing expected standard

51%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

58%

Maths higher standard

13%

Science expected standard

71%

SPAG expected standard

45%

SPAG higher standard

11%

Reading scaled score

101.0

Maths scaled score

99.0

GPS scaled score

99.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

566

Pupil : teacher ratio

23.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

16%

FSM eligible

48%

SEN

16%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

28%

Contact

Address

Limes Road, Priory Estate, Dudley, DY1 4AQ

Local authority

Dudley

Website

www.priory.dudley.sch.uk

Telephone

01384816845

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	43%	0%	58%	23%	51%	0%	58%	13%	71%	45%	101.0	99.0	99.0	—	—	—	16%	566
2023/24	56%	1%	68%	25%	68%	2%	64%	18%	71%	56%	104.0	103.0	100.0	—	—	—	19%	570
2022/23	36%	0%	57%	17%	52%	0%	57%	13%	66%	49%	102.0	101.0	100.0	-1.00	-2.00	-1.40	17%	610
2018/19	43%	0%	50%	8%	70%	9%	59%	5%	72%	60%	99.0	100.0	102.0	-3.60	-0.60	-3.70	16%	661
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	566	19.8	16%	16%	48%	8%	28%
2023/24	570	21.1	19%	18%	45%	8%	28%
2022/23	610	25.6	17%	14%	50%	9%	35%
2021/22	609	18.7	20%	15%	51%	8%	34%
2020/21	647	22.8	33%	15%	45%	—	—
2018/19	661	21.2	16%	17%	44%	6%	16%
2017/18	—	—	—	—	—	6%	16%