Quarry Bank Primary School

About Quarry Bank Primary School

Quarry Bank Primary School is a state primary in Dudley, West Midlands, and sits in the middle of the local league table for schools of its type. In the most recent Dudley rankings, it placed 47th out of 69 primary schools, putting it in the bottom half of the local authority. The top-performing peers in the area are Manor Way Primary Academy, Blowers Green Primary School, and Tenterfields Primary Academy, all of which scored higher on the same ranking metric. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Cradley CofE Primary School, about 1.4 kilometres away. Quarry Bank itself was rated Good in its most recent graded inspection in 2020, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2017. An ungraded inspection in 2025 confirmed that standards were maintained. The early years provision was singled out as Outstanding, while leadership, behaviour, personal development, and the quality of education were all judged Good.

Academically, Quarry Bank’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined was 51%, which is below the Dudley local authority average of 59%. Only 4% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects. In individual subjects, 64% met the expected standard in reading, 62% in writing, and 67% in maths. Average scaled scores were 102 in both reading and maths. The school’s ranking nationally places it in the bottom 50% of all primary schools, and within the West Midlands region it sits in the 79th percentile. Progress scores for reading, writing, and maths were not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. The school has a high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 39.9%, which is well above the national average.

The school is oversubscribed for Reception places in 2025/26, with 88 applications for 42 places and 41 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.1. Facilities include a sports hall, playing fields, a sensory room, an ICT suite, music rooms, an outdoor playground, a forest school, and a chapel. Clubs on offer include coding, chess, gardening, art, eco, and choir, while sports provision covers football, dance, cricket, and netball. The school has a nursery provision and supports children with a range of special educational needs, including moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, visual impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent View responses from 38 respondents in the 2024/25 period were broadly positive: 89% would recommend the school, 92% agreed their child is happy, and 93% felt their child is safe. However, only 55% agreed that SEND children receive the support they need, with 36% strongly disagreeing, which is a notable area of concern.

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