The Priory Primary School

The Priory Primary School is performing well, demonstrating strong standards across various domains, particularly in safeguarding, attendance, and behaviour. Leaders have established a positive culture, ensuring that pupils feel safe and supported in their learning. The curriculum is ambitious and effectively sequenced, helping students to build knowledge and skills in a structured manner. Despite some areas of notable success, there are ongoing challenges with reading outcomes, particularly for older pupils, which the school aims to improve.

Strengths

• Consistently high standards in safeguarding and pupil wellbeing
• Strong leadership with effective support for disadvantaged pupils
• Positive pupil behaviour and strong attendance rates
• Ambitious, well-planned curriculum that engages pupils
• Effective early reading and foundational skills instruction
• High-quality support for pupils with special educational needs

Areas for Improvement

• Reading outcomes for older pupils need improvement

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Priory Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at The Priory Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Priory Primary School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 26.2% of pupils at The Priory Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 The Priory Primary School received £7,936 and spent £8,021 for each of its 438 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £566,000 (£1,292 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is The Priory Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Priory Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was The Priory Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Priory Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does The Priory Primary School have?

The Priory Primary School has 458 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Priory Primary School cover?

The Priory Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are The Priory Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Priory Primary School?

The Priory Primary School is at Dorsett Road, Friar Park, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0JG.