Priory Primary School
Limes Road, Priory Estate, Dudley, DY1 4AQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HALES VALLEY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Executive Headteacher - Kelvin Daley, Head of School - James Griffiths
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Hales Valley Trust
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Dudley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 760
- Pupils on roll
- 547
- URN
- 145305
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01384816845
About this school
Priory Primary School is a primary academy in Dudley. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 547 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Priory Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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 | 86 | 84 | 84 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 56% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 57% | 68% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 64% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 49% | 56% | 45% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - | - |
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 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 | Dudley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 56% | 54.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 610 |
| 2023/24 | 570 |
| 2024/25 | 566 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Priory Primary School compares
Priory Primary School ranked 68th of 76 primary schools in Dudley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43% | 8.2% | 47.8% | 547 | — |
| Wrens Nest Primary School | 67% | 7.6% | 56.1% | 537 | 0.6 miles |
| Jesson's Church of England Primary School | 42% | 6.8% | 28.8% | 703 | 0.6 miles |
| Foxyards Primary School | 64% | 6.4% | 29.2% | 338 | 0.8 miles |
| Milking Bank Primary School | 68% | 5.2% | 12.6% | 464 | 1.0 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 93% | 5.1% | 29.6% | 245 | 1.0 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)
- 47.78%
- English as an additional language
- 16.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.23%
- Persistent absence
- 28.26%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wrens Nest Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Dudley
-
Jesson's Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Dudley
-
Foxyards Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Tipton
-
Milking Bank Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Dudley
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Dudley
Other schools in Dudley
Priory Primary School ranks 19th of the 23 ranked primary schools in Dudley.
- Alder Coppice Primary School Primary
- Beechwood Church of England Primary School Primary
- Blowers Green Primary School Primary
- Cotwall End Primary School Primary
- Dudley Wood Primary School Primary
- Jesson's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Kates Hill Primary School Primary
- Milking Bank Primary School Primary
- Netherbrook Primary School Primary
- Netherton CofE Primary School Primary
- Northfield Road Primary School Primary
- Queen Victoria Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Priory Primary School teach?
- Priory Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Dudley.
- Who is the headteacher of Priory Primary School?
- The headteacher of Priory Primary School is Executive Headteacher - Kelvin Daley, Head of School - James Griffiths, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Priory Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected 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 many pupils are at Priory Primary School?
- Priory Primary School has 547 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Priory Primary School full?
- Priory Primary School has capacity for 760 pupils and 547 on roll (72%), so it has space against 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 Priory Primary School a faith school?
- No. Priory Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Priory Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Priory Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Priory Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Priory Primary School is part of HALES VALLEY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Priory Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Priory Primary School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Priory Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Priory Primary School compare with other schools in Dudley?
- Priory Primary School ranked 68th of 76 primary schools in Dudley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Priory Primary School's absence rate?
- Priory Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Priory Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, 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 10 July 2026.