Mount Pleasant Primary School
Mount Pleasant, Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, DY5 2YN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Acting Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Grinsell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stourbridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 356
- URN
- 103780
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01384816910
About this school
Mount Pleasant Primary School is a community primary school in Brierley Hill. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 356 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 50 | 49 | 49 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 49% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 10% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 57% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 65% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 57% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Mount Pleasant Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Dudley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 62% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 54.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 366 |
| 2023/24 | 369 |
| 2024/25 | 364 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mount Pleasant Primary School compares
Mount Pleasant Primary School ranked 59th of 76 primary schools in Dudley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 5.4% | 28.4% | 356 | — |
| St Mary's RC Primary School | 38% | 10.1% | 25.6% | 180 | 0.2 miles |
| Withymoor Primary School | 61% | 5.9% | 16.6% | 439 | 0.4 miles |
| Brierley Hill Primary School | 59% | 6.7% | 57.7% | 199 | 0.4 miles |
| Thorns Primary School | 55% | 5.6% | 42.3% | 190 | 0.4 miles |
| Quarry Bank Primary School | 63% | 7.1% | 41.9% | 358 | 0.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.4%
- English as an additional language
- 9.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.36%
- Persistent absence
- 13.27%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's RC Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
-
Withymoor Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
-
Brierley Hill Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
-
Thorns Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
-
Quarry Bank Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
Other schools in Brierley Hill
Mount Pleasant Primary School ranks 10th of the 11 ranked primary schools in Brierley Hill.
- Brierley Hill Primary School Primary
- Brockmoor Primary School Primary
- Hawbush Primary School Primary
- Peters Hill Primary School Primary
- Quarry Bank Primary School Primary
- St Mark's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Mary's RC Primary School Primary
- The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School Primary
- Thorns Primary School Primary
- Withymoor Primary School Primary
- Thorns Collegiate Academy Secondary
- The Old Park School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Mount Pleasant Primary School teach?
- Mount Pleasant Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Brierley Hill.
- Who is the acting headteacher of Mount Pleasant Primary School?
- The acting headteacher of Mount Pleasant Primary School is Mrs Claire Grinsell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mount Pleasant Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mount Pleasant Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Mount Pleasant Primary School?
- Mount Pleasant Primary School has 356 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Mount Pleasant Primary School full?
- Mount Pleasant Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 356 on roll (113%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mount Pleasant Primary School a faith school?
- No. Mount Pleasant Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mount Pleasant Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mount Pleasant Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Mount Pleasant Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mount Pleasant Primary School rank locally?
- Mount Pleasant Primary School ranked 59th of 76 primary schools in Dudley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mount Pleasant Primary School's absence rate?
- Mount Pleasant Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mount Pleasant Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mount Pleasant Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.