Quarry Bank Primary School, Brierley Hill
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Quarry Bank Primary School excels at nurturing happy, well-behaved children who care for each other and feel proud of their school. The early years provision is outstanding, and the school creates a wonderfully supportive environment where all pupils' personal and emotional development flourishes. Leadership is passionate about pupil welfare and has maintained this priority despite staffing challenges.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding early years provision with exceptional progress across all curriculum areas
- Impeccable pupil behaviour - polite, confident, happy and caring towards each other
- Outstanding personal development, welfare and spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
- Effective use of sports premium funding to improve PE participation and teaching
- Supportive governors who provide both support and challenge to leaders
Areas for Improvement
- Ineffective support for pupils with special educational needs - they underachieve and make poor progress
- Inconsistent lesson planning that doesn't match pupils' learning needs in reading, writing and maths
- Variable quality of phonics teaching across key stage 1
- Limited opportunities for pupils to practise problem-solving and reasoning in maths
- Pupil premium funding not effectively used to improve disadvantaged pupils' academic progress
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with all staff providing excellent support for pupils' personal development and welfare, and pupils feeling safe and secure in school.
Quarry Bank Primary School requires improvement overall, though it has outstanding early years provision and excellent pupil behaviour and personal development. The school faces challenges with teaching quality, support for pupils with special educational needs, and inconsistent progress in academic subjects.
At a Glance
44.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
38 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 64% to 77%. Maths has improved from 67% to 72%. Writing has improved from 62% to 74%.
Class Sizes
28.3
Avg class size
26.8
Infant (KS1)
29.8
KS2
12
Total classes
3 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
98%
Near capacity
358 pupils
367 capacity
9 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Brierley Hill
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Brierley Hill
Admissions Demand - Dudley
Places available
3,978
Applications
3,365
Got 1st preference
92.3%
Got preferred school
98.7%
Primary admissions across Dudley (2025/26)
Inspection History(107)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
7.06713%
Overall absence
22.10145%
Persistent absence
276
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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