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Jesson's Church of England Primary School

Dudley, DY1 2AQ · Dudley · primary school

Ofsted: Requires improvement · 2023 Inspected 3 years ago Mixed Primary Church of England
1.0/10 Well below average

75th of 76 primary schools in Dudley we can score, 78 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 1.1/10 against 2,549 of them, against 1.4/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 42.0 · 10 40% 0.39
Ofsted 3 35% 0.11
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 1.0 · 21 25% 0.53

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 42.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. Only 1.0% reached the higher standard. Ofsted rated the school "Requires improvement" in February 2023. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (1.1 out of 10 against similar schools, 1.4 out of 10 against all schools).

Getting in. The school has 746 pupils in a building with 630 places, meaning it is over capacity by 116. The school is over its stated capacity, so places are competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school manage the significant overcapacity of 116 pupils? What specific actions are being taken to address the "Requires improvement" rating from 2023? How do you support pupils who are not yet reaching the expected standard in core subjects?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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