Wrens Nest Primary School

Community school·Primary school Dudley·DY1 3NX
Composite score
47.1
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#8,372
National rank
#882
In West Midlands
#43
In Dudley
Top 57%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
87%
68 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.13
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
102
any preference, for 60 places
Last place offered lived
0.46 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 741 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1320220.9220230.9720241.0520251.132026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
521
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
56.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,155
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Wrens Nest Primary School

Wrens Nest Primary School is a primary school in Dudley, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 521 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 67% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Wrens Nest Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 68 first choices for 60 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.46 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 8.1%. There are about 17.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 56% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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