Pens Meadow School, Pensnett
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Pens Meadow is a caring school where your child will feel supported and happy. The staff quickly understand your child's needs and put the right help in place from day one. The school is ambitious for all pupils and prepares them brilliantly for life after school through community visits, work experience, and practical life skills - so they leave ready for their next steps.
Key Strengths
- Pupils' SEND are quickly identified and understood, with right provision put in place immediately - transfer between main and post-14 sites is particularly well managed
- Strong focus on communication skills - staff ensure all pupils have the right tools to express their needs before accessing the curriculum
- Reading is prioritized across the school, from story time for early learners through to phonics lessons and fluent reading
- Excellent preparation for life after school, including sixth-form life skills like cooking and accessing health services
- Well-matched activities in most lessons with careful checking of understanding, resulting in good subject knowledge building
Areas for Improvement
- In some subjects, some teachers do not follow the agreed curriculum sequence closely enough, resulting in gaps in pupils' knowledge and skills
- Some teachers do not use assessment well enough to check understanding - misconceptions are not identified or addressed quickly enough
- When activities are not well matched to learning intentions, pupils miss out on building knowledge systematically
Safeguarding
The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders prioritizing pupils' interests and creating an open, positive culture around safeguarding.
Extracurricular Activities
Local park visits for wildlife and teamwork, business and college taster days, local charity work, gardening and vegetable growing, sixth-form cooking and life skills programmes
Pens Meadow School is a happy, ambitious special school that has maintained good standards since its last inspection in 2019. The school effectively supports pupils with complex learning and medical needs to make good progress from their individual starting points.
At a Glance
48.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
20 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 0%. Maths has remained stable at around 0%. Writing has remained stable at around 0%.
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
94%
Near capacity
145 pupils
155 capacity
10 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Pensnett
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Pensnett
Admissions Demand - Dudley
Places available
3,770
Applications
3,731
Got 1st preference
83.9%
Got preferred school
97.1%
Secondary admissions across Dudley (2025/26)
Inspection History(107)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Teachers & Staff
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Pupil Absence2024/25
15.16418%
Overall absence
46.42857%
Persistent absence
84
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Pens Meadow School
The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School
Crestwood Park Primary School
Dingle Community Primary School
Bromley Hills Primary School
St Mark's CofE Primary School
Brockmoor Primary School
Hawbush Primary School
Blanford Mere Primary School
Fairhaven Primary School
St Mary's CofE Primary School
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