The Priory Primary School
Dorsett Road, Friar Park, Wednesbury, WS10 0JG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mr Phillip Butcher
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 458
- URN
- 131212
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01215561383
About this school
The Priory Primary School is a community primary school in Wednesbury. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 458 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 59 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 66% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 7% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 71% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 80% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 61% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.90 | - | - |
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 The Priory 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 | Sandwell average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 57.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 445 |
| 2023/24 | 454 |
| 2024/25 | 445 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Priory Primary School compares
The Priory Primary School ranked 38th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 5% | 50.8% | 458 | — |
| Hall Green Primary School | 53% | 5.1% | 38.1% | 466 | 0.4 miles |
| Tameside Primary Academy | 75% | 7.2% | 51.8% | 388 | 0.5 miles |
| Park Hill Primary School | 53% | 4.7% | 36.1% | 231 | 0.7 miles |
| Pennyhill Primary School | 52% | 6.5% | 43.3% | 647 | 0.7 miles |
| Mesty Croft Primary | 46% | 6% | 43.9% | 410 | 0.8 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.84%
- English as an additional language
- 19.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.98%
- Persistent absence
- 11.26%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hall Green Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · West Bromwich
-
Tameside Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
-
Park Hill Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
-
Pennyhill Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · West Bromwich
-
Mesty Croft Primary0.8 miles
Primary · Wednesbury
Other schools in Wednesbury
The Priory Primary School ranks 8th of the 14 ranked primary schools in Wednesbury.
- Albert Pritchard Infant School Primary
- Holyhead Primary Academy Primary
- Kings Hill Primary School Primary
- Mesty Croft Primary Primary
- Old Church Church of England C Primary School Primary
- Old Park Primary School Primary
- Park Hill Primary School Primary
- Pinfold Street Primary School Primary
- Salisbury Primary School Primary
- St John's Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Priory Primary School teach?
- The Priory Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Wednesbury.
- Who is the head teacher of The Priory Primary School?
- The head teacher of The Priory Primary School is Mr Phillip Butcher, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Priory Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Priory 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 The Priory Primary School?
- The Priory Primary School has 458 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is The Priory Primary School full?
- The Priory Primary School has capacity for 450 pupils and 458 on roll (102%), 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 The Priory Primary School a faith school?
- No. The Priory Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Priory Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records The Priory Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have The Priory Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Priory Primary School rank locally?
- The Priory Primary School ranked 38th of 84 primary schools in Sandwell for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Priory Primary School's absence rate?
- The Priory Primary School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Priory Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Priory 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 30 June 2026.