Roberts Primary School, Dudley

Ofsted's report card from its 3 March 2026 inspection grades Roberts Primary School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Strong leadership has lifted standards."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils' attainment in the end of Year 6 assessments for reading, writing and mathematics is generally close to national averages."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Over the past 4 terms, leaders have focused sharply on working with families to identify the causes of unnecessary absence and to reduce them."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school provides a broad curriculum that supports pupils to make secure progress across different subjects."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have an informed understanding of the early years provision."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders identify pupils' needs quickly and accurately and do this alongside different professional services where necessary."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The provision for pupils' personal development is deliberately planned and purposeful."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "The school should continue to work with parents, carers and professional services to further improve the attendance rates at the school"; "The school should embed its work to ensure that staff consistently adapt teaching and resources so that all pupils can make the most of lessons and build detailed knowledge over time"; "The school should review aspects of the curriculum in some foundation subjects to ensure that the most important subject-specific content is prioritised and the long-term learning goals are clearer"; "Leaders should build further on their work to check which pupils are participating in extra-curricular activities and leadership roles, so that even more pupils benefit from these opportunities".

From the headteacher's welcome: "On behalf of the whole school community, I would like to welcome you to Roberts Primary School. At Roberts, we pride ourselves on being a happy school where children and adults are encouraged to have a caring, considerate and respectful attitude towards one another."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, cricket, tennis, athletics, gymnastics, swimming, multi-sports and cross-country.

The school runs a breakfast club from 9:00am and after-school care until 4:30pm.

Coming up: an open day on Friday 30 October 2026, an open day on Monday 2 November 2026, an open day on Tuesday 3 November 2026 and an open day on Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 2pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Roberts Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 66% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 75% in Dudley and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 74% in reading and 79% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 59 families put Roberts Primary School as their first choice and 160 named it as one of their preferences, for 66 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Roberts Primary School are Red Hall Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 48% reading, 48% maths); Milking Bank Primary School (0.5 miles); Milking Bank Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 79% reading, 74% maths); and Wrens Nest Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 70% reading, 78% maths).

Roberts Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

85 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Roberts Primary School (as of April 2026): 95% would recommend the school, 93% say their child is happy there and 80% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (95%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (80%).

4.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (82%), Mixed (8%) and Asian (5%).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Flood Street (West Midlands Metro), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Roberts Primary School (adjacent), 80 metres away.

In 2024/25, Roberts Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 0.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Roberts Primary School are Ellowes Hall Sports College (0.5 miles), Bishop Milner Catholic College (0.8 miles), Beacon Hill Academy (1 mile) and Pegasus Academy (1.3 miles).